TNAG-1790-FCO40-2550-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1988 — Page 5

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10. (FOR UKMIS GENEVA) GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD BRIEF UNHCR ABOUT THE RATIONALE BEHIND OUR CONDITIONAL DECISION TO TAKE 1,000 REFUGEES AND ASK THEM TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO PERSUADE OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO RESPOND TO OUR CALL FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL RESETTLEMENT EFFORT.

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