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COPIED TO : HK GOVT OFFICES IN WASHINGTON (PL COPY TO GOMERSALL

AT BRITISH EMBASSY), BRUSSELS,

GENEVA (PL COPY TO WALKER AT UKMIS), LONDON (PL COPY TO LEEKS AT FCO)

CONFIDENTIAL

MEETING WITH JIM CLINE

THROUGHT THE GOOD OFFICES OF GRETCHEN BRAINERD, CHIEF

OF MISSION, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR MIGRATION, WASHINGTON, I MET JIM CLINE, STAFF DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMITTEE. THIS IS CHAIRED BY CONGRESSMAN RUBINO AND IS VERY INFLUENCIAL IN REFUGEE MATTERS (GRATEFUL IF SANDRA LEE IN WASHINGTON WOULD PROVIDE SOME DETAILS OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF COMMITTEES SUCH AS THIS TO THE EXECUTIVE AND DETAILS OF MEMBERSHIP, INCLUDING SUB-COMMITTEES).

CLINE SAID THAT WHEN HE HAD VISITED HONG KONG EARLIER THIS YEAR HE HAD NOT (NOT) VISITED ANY OF THE CAMPS.

CHAIRMAN HAD SPOKEN TO WADDINGTON ABOUT REFUGEES IN HONG KONG HE HAD TOLD HIM THAT QUOTE THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM UNQUOTE.

ALTHOUGH NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, CLINE IS AN ASTUTE POLITICIAN AND WE TALKED ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH REFUGEES. I EXPLAINED THAT HONG KONG WAS VERY KEEN TO FIND DURABLE SOLUTIONS TO ITS REFUGEE PROBLEM. I EXPLAINED THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAD ENCOUNTERED, PARTICULARLY THE ATTITUDE OF THE VIETNAMESE. HE AGREED COMPLETELY AND SAID THAT THE QUOTE BLOCKHEADS UNQUOTE IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT DID NOT

(NOT) SEE THE NEED TO FORGE SOME SORT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE US AND VIETNAM. HE AGREED THAT UNTIL WE COULD TALK TO THE VIETNAMESE, WE WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON RESETTLEMENT.