TNAG-1544-FCO40-2108-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-Intergovernmental-Consultativ-1987 — Page 56

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THAT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF USA POLICY WILL VERY MUCH BE DEPENDENT

UPON VIEWS AND LEADERSHIP OF COORDINATOR MOORE.UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO

THE LATE DATE OF HIS SWEARING IN, WE WILL NOT/NOT GET TO CALL ON MOORE

UNTIL HIS RETURN FROM GENEV.CONSEQUENTLY EXCEPT FOR HIS WORK ON RAY

PANEL AND RECENT TESTIMONY HIS VIEWS ARE UNKNOWN TO US.OUR IMPRES-

SIONS ARE HOWEVER THAT MOORE WOULD INCLINE BY NATURE TOWARDS CON-

TINUED RESETTLEMENT.HIS FUBLIC COMMENTS TO DATE HOWEVER HAVE BEEN ES-

SENTIALLY CAUTIOUS AND NON-COMMITAL.GIVEN MOORES EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE

IN GOVT HE IS UNDOUBTEDLY AWARE OF THE NEED FOR REDUCTION FROM A

BUDGET AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE.

7.THE ONE FACTOR OF PURCELLS PLAN WHICH MAY WELL BE DIFFICULT FOR USA TO ULTIMATELY ACCEPT IS INTRODUCTION OF CONCEPT OF SCREENING AND WITH

IT THE IMPLICIT ACCEPTANCE OF REPATRIATION OF SRVN, REGARDLESS OF

WHETHER IT IS PRACTICAL. IN ADDITION, USA WILL PROBABLY WANT SOME COM-

MITMENT THAT SCREENED OUT CASES ELIGIBLE FOR IMMIGRANT PROCESSING

RECEIVE TEMPORARY ASYLUM TO ALLOW THIS. TACTICALLY WE BELIEVE FUNSETH

WILL ARGUE THAT IN ABSENCE OF ODP INTRODUCTION OF ANY FORM OF ARRIVAL

DETERRENTS IS IMPOSSIBLE.CONSIDERABLE EMPHASIS DURING CONSULTATIONS

WAS GIVEN TO QUOTE LONG STAYER POP UNQUOTE AND USA WILL BE MOFIDYING

ITS PRIORITY CATEGORIES TO MAKE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROCESSING SOME OF

THOSE IN CAT 6.IN ABSENCE OF AGREED UPON QUOTE NEW PROCESSING REGIME

UNQUOTE WE CAN BE ASSURED THAT ADVOCATES WITHIN STATE WILL PUSH POL-

ICIES TO ENSURE ENTIRE RESETTLEMENT ALLOCATION IS UTILIZED.THIS COM-

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