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(C) TO BRIEF THEM ON THE RESULTS OF THE GOVERNOR'S TALKS
ON THIS USSUE IN LONDON AS SOON AS HE RETURNS.
WHILE THE COMMUNITY HERE FULLY ACCEPTS THE NEED TO REPATRIATE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA, OMELCO APPEAR TO BE CONCERNED THAT MEMBERS WILL INCREASINGLY COME UNDER FIRE FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE INCONSISTENCY IN RESPECT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. AGAINST THIS
POLITICAL BACKGROUND, WE CAN EXPECT THEM TO BE EXTREMELY CRITICAL IF THE RESPONSE OF THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES IN 1987 IS POOR OR IF NO (NO) PROGRESS IS MADE WITH INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION.
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