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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF DEPT WAS

RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 2606 OF 22/11 INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, HKGO BRUSSELS (JONES) INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, INFO PRIORITY HKGO NEW YORK (DORWARD). HKGO WASHINGTON (LO), INFO PRIORITY GENEVA (CARTLAND).

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: QUARTERLY UNHCR RESETTLEMENT MEETING.

AT OUR INSISTANCE THE QUARTERLY UNHCR RESETTLEMENT MEETING WAS

CONVENED ON 20 NOVEMBER. SOME OF THE UNHCR STAFF HAD SUGGESTED THAT

THESE MEETINGS SHOULD BE HELD LESS FREQUENTLY, BUT DEFERED TO OUR

PRESSURE FOR A MEETING.

2. THE MAJOR TOPIC ON THE AGENDA WAS THE REACTION TO THE APPEAL

WHICH WE MADE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING IN JULY TO RESETTLE 100

REFUGEES EACH MONTH FROM THE TWO OPEN CENTRES SO AS TO ENABLE US

TO CLOSE JUBILEE AND CREATE ON COMBINED OPEN CENTRE. WE EMPHASISED

THE FACT THAT THE FIRST 20 REFUGEES WERE LEAVING FOR UK THAT DAY, AND

THEREAFTER, WOULD LEAVE AT THE RATE OF 40 EACH MONTH. WE POINTED

OUT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE UK FAMILY REUNION CASES CAME FROM THE

OPEN CENTRES.

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