US embassy cable - 03KATHMANDU1219

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NEPAL RELEASES NINETEEN TIBETANS TO UNHCR

Identifier: 03KATHMANDU1219
Wikileaks: View 03KATHMANDU1219 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kathmandu
Created: 2003-06-30 08:59:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PREF PREL CH NP Tibetan Refugees
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS KATHMANDU 001219 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR SA/INS, PRM/RMACKLER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREF, PREL, CH, NP, Tibetan Refugees 
SUBJECT: NEPAL RELEASES NINETEEN TIBETANS TO UNHCR 
 
REF: KATHMANDU 1214 
 
1. (SBU) IN A UNHCR BRIEFING TO THE DONOR COMMUNITY IN 
KATHMANDU ON JUNE 30, EMBASSY WAS INFORMED THAT THE 19 
TIBETANS ARRESTED ON JUNE 24 (REFTEL) HAVE BEEN TURNED 
OVER TO THE UNHCR FOR PROCESSING AND TRANSIT TO INDIA. 
 
2. (SBU) ON JUNE 29, A UNHCR TEAM ARRIVED IN KAILALI 
DISTRICT IN WESTERN NEPAL, IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED IN 
DISCUSSIONS WITH LOCAL IMMIGRATION AND POLICE OFFICIALS 
AND SECURED THE RELEASE OF THE 19 TIBETAN TRAVELERS.  THE 
UNHCR TEAM THEN ARRANGED FOR A BUS TO TRANSPORT THE 
TIBETANS, DEPARTING ON JUNE 30 FOR THE 674-KILOMETER TRIP 
TO KATHMANDU.  UNHCR EXPECTS THE BUS TO ARRIVE AT THE 
UNHCR RECEPTION CENTER ON JULY 1. 
 
3. (SBU) COMMENT.  POST BELIEVES THE RELEASE OF THE 19 
TIBETANS TO UNHCR IS CONFIRMATION OF PRIME MINISTER 
THAPA'S ASSURANCES THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL HAS NOT 
CHANGED ITS POLICY TOWARD TIBETAN REFUGEES.  THAT SAID, 
POST WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY THE GON'S TREATMENT 
OF TIBETAN REFUGEES.  END COMMENT. 
 
MALINOWSKI 

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