TNAG-1915-FCO40-2719-Hong-Kong-resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-in-third-count-1989 — Page 54

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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR

MY TELNO 391 AND BANGKOK TELNO 410: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE:

RESETTLEMENT CRITERIA

1. DESPITE IMPRESSION GIVEN IN SECOND TUR THAT TECHNICAL EXPERTS WOULD NOT (NOT) BE REQUIRED FOR MEETING IN BANGKOK ON 3 JULY TO DISCUSS RESETTLEMENT CRITERIA, UNHCR HOPE THAT WRENCH CHOME OFFICE)

CAN ATTEND.

2. UNHCR HQ WANT TO MAKE EARLY PROGRESS ON RESETTLEMENT ISSUES AND BELIEVE THAT AMERICAN, AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN IMMIGRATION EXPERTS IN BANGKOK ARE TAKING TOO LEISURELY AN APPROACH. UNHCR HQ WILL BE REPRESENTED BY JUDITH KUMIN, UNHCR'S TOP RESETTLEMENT EXPERT.

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