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HAVE SOUGHT MAY BE SEEN LOCALLY AS A CHANGE OF DIRECTION OR A
SPEEDING UP OF OUR PLANS FOR LIBERALISATION WE ARE PREPARED TO
ACCEPT ALL OF THEM. INDEED WE WOULD HAVE WISHED TO TAKE THESE
STEPS FOR OUR OWN REASONS. THERE IS A SOUND CASE FOR MOVING AHEAD
WITH LIBERALISATION EARLIER THAN PLANNED, ESPECIALLY AT SAN YICK, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS AND TO EASE SOME OF THE
TENSIONS GENERATED BY OVERCROWDED CLOSED CAMP CONDITIONS. WE FEEL
THAT THE UNDERSTANDING SECURES THE ESSENTIAL UNHCR INVOLVEMENT IN
SCREENING AND APPEALS AT VERY LITTLE COST.
16.
YOU WILL NOTE THAT UNHCR HAVE MADE NO REFERENCE TO AN
INDEPENDENT INQUIRY ON THE HEI LING CHAU INCIDENT BEING A PRE-
CONDITION OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN SCREENING. I AM TELEGRAPHING
SEPARATELY ON OUR DEVELOPING THOUGHTS ON SUCH AN INQUIRY.
17.
OUR IMPRESSION OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS BEEN THAT, SUBSEQUENT TO THE RECENT TALKS BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND VIETNAM, UNHCR ARE ANXIOUS TO ESTABLISH A MODEL AGREEMENT TO BE USED WITH ASEAN COUNTRIES.
18.
GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF YOU SEE ANY OBJECTIONS IN OUR PROCEEDING ON
THE BASIS OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT IN MIFT.
WILSON
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