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HANOI TELNO 325 AND YOUR TELNO
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1. UNHCR'S ASIA BUREAU TOLD US LAST NIGHT THAT VIETNAMESE MISSION IN GENEVA PLEADING SHORTAGE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE ETC, HAD SOUGHT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM UNHCR TO COVER TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE FOR VIETNAMESE DELEGATION TO SECOND BILATERAL MEETING IN LONDON. UNHCR EXPLAINED THAT UNHCR FINANCIAL RULES PREVENTED THEM AGREEING TO THIS REQUEST, BUT WERE ANXIOUS TO AVOID UNDERMINING NEXT STAGES OF UK/HONG KONG/VIETNAM BILATERAL TALKS.
2. WE EXPLAINED THAT WE ENVISAGED VIETNAMESE PAYING OWN EXPENSES (AS WE HAD FOR AUGUST BILATERAL IN HANOI YOUR TELNO 211 TO HANOI). WE WELL UNDERSTOOD THE POSITION AND, ALTHOUGH WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, SAW NO PROBLEM IN UNHCR REFUSING VIETNAMESE REQUEST.
3. PARA 2 OF SECOND TUR. ACCORDING TO UNHCR VIETNAM (WHO ONLY HAVE OBSERVER STATUS) IS UNLIKELY TO BE REPRESENTED BY DELEGATION FROM HANOI AT FORTHCOMING EXCOM. PAST PRACTICE (AND SO FAR UNHCR HAS NOT BEEN INFORMED OTHERWISE) INDICATES THAT VIETNAMESE WILL BE REPRESENTED BY LOCAL MISSION.
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