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TELELETTER FALE REF 243/2
OF 211900Z AUGUST 86
FO TELELETTER UN DEPT, FCO
FROM:
FOLLOWING FOR:
COPIED TO
6 M BAKER ESO, SANTIAGO
send to
6. Mr Afiger
Anants wit
Afüger Just ODA.
CRL DE CHASSIMON ESQ, SAMD, FCO
UN DEPT, FCO
UNHCR PROGRAMMES IN SOUTH AMERICA
1. THANK YOU FOR SENDING US A COPY OF YOUR LETTER OF 31 JULY 44 TO RICHARD THOMAS #N BRASHILINA.
2. WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE ODA QUESTIONNAIRE, I AM SURE YOU WILL AGREE THAT IT IS EXHAUSTAVE, NO DOUBT SUCH DETANLED QUESTNOMING IS VALIND WHERE MAJOR MINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE PROGRAMMES ARE CONCERNED.
3. AS PARAGRAPH 842 OF THE EXTRACT FROM UN DOCUMENT A/AC.96/657 ALSO ENCLOSED WITH YOUR LETTER SHOWS, THE UNCHR PROGRAMME #N CHILE (5 SMALL. #T AS MAINLY DIRECTED AT CHILEAN EXILES, EXCEPT FOR A HANDFUL OF ELDERLY EAST EUROPEAN REFUGEES LOOKED AFTER BY THE TOLSTOY FOUNDATION WMTH UNHCR HELP EN CHILE, BOTH CATEGORIES ARE DWINDLING.
THE DESCRIPTION UN PARAGRAPH 842 EXACTLY FITS WHAT WAS TOLD BY THE UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
WHEN HE PAND HIS INTRODUCTORY COURTESY CALL ON ME SOME 2 MONTHS AGO. # HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT HAS WORD
OR HIS PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE.
5. HF ODA OR UN DEPARTMENT MISH, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO CALL
ON THE UNHCR TO ASK THEM WHATEVER SPECHFAC QUESTIONS ODA OR UN
DEPARTMENT CONSIDER TO BE RELEVANT TO THE CHILEAN UNHCR
PROGRAMME.
6.
BUT # DO NOT BELAEVE WE ARE REALLY COMPETENT TO GWE ODA
AN INDEPENDENT VALUE ASSESSMENT OF UNHCR ACTEMNITUES NERE ON THE LOWES SUGGESTED IN THE ODA QUESTHONNAIRE. TO MAKE THE SORT OF
DETAILED LOCAL ENQUIRIES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS AN INDEPENDENT WEW OF THOSE PROGRAMMES WOULD #NVOLVE
US HN A GOOD DEAL OF WORK. I AM RELUCTANT TO USE SCARCE
CHANCERY TIME ON THIS WHEN WE HAVE MANY OTHER PRESSING POLITICAL REPORTING TASKS TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAYƐ THE
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF RUNNING THE UK PRESIDENCY OF
THE EC.
SIGNED 6 M BAKER
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