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UNHCR FUNDING TO ALGERIA SHOULD BE REDUCED PRO RATA AND FUNDS REALLOCATED TO MALI AND NIGER, WHICH WERE IN ANY CASE MUCH POORER COUNTRIES.

3. THE AIDE MEMOIRE CLAIMS THAT IN TURNING DOWN THE MOROCCAN REQUEST IN 1985 TO WORK FOR THE TRANSFER OF ASSISTANCE TO TINDOUF FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET TO A SPECIAL PROGRAMME, EC MEMBER STATES INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD NONETHELESS PRESS FOR UNRESTRICTED ACCESS BY UNHCR PERSONNEL (CF (1) ABOVE). WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS, THOUGH PRESUMABLY SOME OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE (THEN) TEN MAY HAVE SAID SOMETHING ON THESE LINES ON A NATIONAL BASIS. 4. I TOLD SEBTI SIMPLY THAT I WOULD REPORT HIS REPRESENTATIONS

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