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6. AUSTRALIA SAND THAT HIGH COMMISSIONER SHOULD PUSH VIETNAMESE

AUTHORITIES TO ACCEPT VOLUNTARY REPATRIMATION AND THAT REFUGEES MAN HONG KONG SHOULD BE AT THE FRONT OF THE QUEUE.

7. JAPAN SAND LITTLE AND DID NOT REACT WHEN # SUGGESTED THAT AS THEY COULD TAKE FEW REFUGEES THEMSELVES THEIR ROLE MIGHT BE IN PROVISION OF GENEROUS FUNDING OF DURABLE SOLUTIONS.

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A MEETHING OF THE GROUP WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONER AS

OBSERVER IS PLANNED FOR 11 OCTOBER. UNTIL THIS YEAR THE DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER ATTENDED GROUP MEETINGS. THERE WERE PROS AND CONS **N HAVING HOCKE HIMSELF PRESENT, BUT ON BALANCE THEY THOUGHT THAT HOCKE COULD MAKE A USEFUL CONTRIBUTION. A SENIOR AUSTRALIAN OF FUCHALY SEMINGTON WOULD ARRIVE IN TIME FOR THE MEETING STRAIGHT FROM HANOM.

COMMENT

9.THE FOUR DELEGATIONS IN THE GROUP GAVE LITTLE SIGN OF COHESION OR EVEN KNOWING EACH OTHER PARTICULARLY WELL. THEY GAVE NO FURM COMMITMENT ABOUT FUTURE ASSOCIATION OF BRITAIN WITH THEIR DELIBERATIONS, BUT WE HAD IMPRESSION THAT AMBASSADOR MOORE (US) VIEWED THIS MORE FAVOURABLY AFTER TODAY'S DISCUSSION. THE FUTURE OF THE GROUP ITSELF MS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN, BUT ALL CONCERNED EXPECTED TO HAVE A BETTER NDEA OF POSSIBLE WAYS FORWARD (INCLUDING BRITISH PARTHCUPATION) AFTER THE 11 OCTOBER MEETING.

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