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said that the general feeling was that it would clearly be right for us to join at some point, but doubts remained as to whether now was the right time. There was apparently some disposition to wonder whether we had any interest in aspects
whether we were of the problem other than Hong Kong and prepared to do more to help. I emphasised that our interest did indeed go beyond the Hong Kong problem and drew again on the points from our recent lobbying exercise. I suggested that it would hardly be reasonable to expect us to buy an entrance ticket in the form of another undertaking on resettlement. Whittlesey accepted that (and noted that the above points had been made by the Canadians and Australians not the Americans). He added that no further meeting of the Honolulu group had been arranged. It would not necessarily meet in the margins of the
He next Executive Committee Meeting in Geneva in January. would let me know on an informal basis what its timetable was likely to be, and emphasised again the US interest in keeping in close touch with us bilaterally.
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R Fell Esq, SEAD, FCO
D Moss Esq, UKMIS GENEVA
K Woodhouse Esq, Security Branch, Hong Kong
D Wyatt Esq, BANGKOK
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