TNAG-1528-FCO40-2092-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-general-1986 — Page 117

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MISS WALKER'S LETTER OF 28 APRIL:

PROGRAMME (12 MAY MEETING)

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UNHCR: THA ANTI-PIRACY

YOU SHOULD INDICATE TO UNHCR THAT THE UK CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE AIMS OF THIS PROGRAMME, DESPITE OUR CONCERN AT

CONTINUING EVIDENCE OF PIRACY. WE WERE GLAD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE

TO PROVIDE AN OFFICER FOR THE ASSESSMENT TEAM, AND CONSIDER

THAT THIS SORT OF CLOSE MONITORING BY DONORS IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL. WE NOTE THAT THE ASSESSMENT TEAM, WHILE RECOMMENDING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SCHEME, PROPOSE THAT THE PROGRAMME BE EXTENDED FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR BEYOND JUNE 1986.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOT, AT THIS EARLY POINT IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR, ABLE TO MAKE A FIRM FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.

DECISION ON A FURTHER UK CONTRIBUTION HAS YET BEEN TAKEN.

YOUR OWN INFORMATION THOUGH, IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRAMME DURING 1986/87 AT A LEVEL APPROXIMATELY EQUIVALENT TO LAST YEAR'S CONTRIBUTION, PROVIDED OTHER DONORS ALSO MAKE EQUIVALENT PLEDGES TO MEET THE BUDGET TARGET. WE SHALL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS WE

HAVE A FIRM PLEDGE TO MAKE.

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