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UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 556: HINTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE (1GC HONOLULU
GROUP)
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SUMMARY
1. NGC NOT READY AT PRESENT TO ADMIT UK. ENLARGEMENT OF GROUP NOT
FAVOURED BY PRESENT MEMBERS DURING PRESENT TRANSITIONAL PERMOD.
AUSTRALINANS OFFER ON BEHALF OF NIGC, TO BRIEF UK REGULARLY ON
GROUP'S WORK.
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2.
AMBASSADOR ROBERTSON (AUSTRALINA) CALLED ON 5 NOVEMBER TO DELIVER
RESPONSE TO BRITISH REQUEST TO JOIN IGC.
3. HE SAND THERE HAD BEEN NO FINAL DECISION BY THE GROUP. THEY CONSIDERED THEY WERE #IN A TRANSITIONAL STAGE AND DID NOT WISH TO
STRAIN THE INFORMALIĦTY ENGENDERED BY PRESENT LIMITED MEMBERSHIP
THROUGH ENLARGING THE GROUP. THUS DID NOT RULE OUT EXPANDING THE
GROUP BY HINCLUDING THE UK AT SOME FUTURE STAGE: THIS COULD BE
CONSIDERED WHEN THE TIME AND PLACE OF THEIR NEXT MEETING HAD BEEN DECIDED. MEANWHILE, THE AUSTRALIANS WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRIEF UK ON
DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE GROUP AND WOULD ACT AS OUR POINT OF CONTACT #IN GENEVA AND UN CAPITALS.
4.
AMBASSADOR ROBERTSON ADDED THAT GROUP THOUGHT PRESENT TIME TO
BE A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:-
(A) PRESENT HINGH COMMISSIONER SEEMED TO BE INVOLVING HIMSELF (RATHER THAN HIS DEPUTY) FAR MORE IN THE WORK OF THE GROUP. INGC
MEMBERS WERE NOT SURE WHETHER THEY FAVOURED THIS AND HENCE THEIR
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE GROUP'S FUTURE.W
(B) THEY WERE UNSURE HOW THE NEW US COORDINATOR ON REFUGEES,; MOORE WOULD VIEW THE GROUP'S ACTUMIMIES...
(C) THINGS WERE CHANGING ON THE GROUND, FOR EXAMPLE THAILAND'S STATEMENT THAT 1987 HIS TO BE THE YEAR OF RESETTLEMENTY CLOSURE OF KHAO DẠNG, ETC,
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