TNAG-1544-FCO40-2108-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-Intergovernmental-Consultativ-1987 — Page 41

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THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER

SCRE ING AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE SCREENED OUT AS ONE SEAMLESS GARMENT. THIS WAS WHAT THE HIGH COMMISSIONER WAS NOW DOING. THEY FOUND THIS ENCOURAGING BECAUSE IT SUGGESTED AN AWARENESS OF THE PRESENT SITUATION WHICH THEY THOUGHT HAD BEEN MISSING FROM THE UNHCR

THEY HAD CONFIDENCE IN THE NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER. IN THE PAST.

COMMENT

5.

ALTHOUGH DISAPPOINTING FROM HMG'S POINT OF VIEW, I DID NOT

THERE IS SOME (NOT) DETECT ANY HOSTILITY TOWARDS THE APPLICATION. GENUINE UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR AN IGC IN THE FUTURE. MUCH DEPENDS ON THE ATTITUTE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.

I FEAR THAT I AM NOT (NOT) AS CONFIDENT OF HIS ATTITUDE AS THEY ARE. HE WILL BE A RELUCTANT CONVERT.

HAKK

I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE TRIED TO GET SOUNDINGS FROM CANBERRA, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA AND GENEVA. ALSO SIGHT

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER IN JUNE AND HIS FIRST OF THE ISSUES RAISED WITH DRAFT REPLY WOULD BE OF HELP.

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