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YOUR TELNO 276 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO 399: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: UNACCOMPANIED MINORS

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SINCE OUR TELNO 11 WE HAVE CONTINUED OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH MCNAMARA AND VIEIRA DE MELLO ON THE QUESTION OF UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. BOTH ARE ANXIOUS TO MAKE EARLY PROGRESS WITH THE CASES IN HONG KONG AND HAVE SO INSTRUCTED THE UNHCR OFFICE THERE.

2. MCNAMARA (WITH IRENE KHAN, ALSO DIVISION OF LAW AND DOCTRINE) WILL BE VISITING BANGKOK, MANILA AND HONG KONG IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH. AFTER BANGKOK THEY WILL GO STRAIGHT TO MANILA FOR DISCUSSIONS THERE ON THE PHILIPPINES OFFER TO HOST SCREENED-OUT RASRO CASES. THEY WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON 17 FEBRUARY AND HOPE TO VISIT ONE OR TWO CAMPS OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH FULL DISCUSSIONS IN HONG KONG ON 19/20 FEBRUARY.

3. WE HOPE THAT SOME PROGRESS WILL HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE TIME OF MCNAMARA'S VISIT. IF UNHCR IN HONG KONG SEEM TO BE DRAGGING THEIR FEET, WE SHALL TAKE THE ISSUE UP AGAIN HERE WITH UNHCR HQ.

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