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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO 133 OF
14 MAY INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG ROUTINE WASHINGTON OTTAWA COPENHAGEN CANBERRA PEKING SINGAPORE (SAIGON UNIT) MANILA WELLINGTON
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 382 TO CANBERRA: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN
HONG KONG.
1. HEAD OF CHANCERY SPOKE ACCORDINGLY TODAY TO BERGQUIST, HEAD OF THE RELEVANT POLITICAL DEPARTMENT IN THE MINISTRY OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
2. BERGQUIST SAID THAT THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY HAD
OTHER APPROACHES ON THIS SUBJECT, INCLUDING ONE FROM THE UN
HIGH COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES. SWEDEN HAD A LONG RECORD OF HELPING IN THESE SITUATIONS, AND UNDERSTOOD THE HUMANITARIAN APGUMENTS. BUT THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT HAD HOT YET MADE UP
THEIR MINDS (IN FACT WE BELIEVE THAT SWEDISH MINISTERS WILL DISCUSS THE SUBJECT TOMORROW), AND HE WOULD AT ONCE INFORM THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF OUR DEMARCHE. IN THE MEANTIME THE SWEDISH IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES WERE READY TO DEAL ON THEIR MERITS WITH ANY INDIVIDUALS APPLICATIONS: THERE HAD SO FAR BEEN ONE ONLY, FROM & FORMER LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IN THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE SECRET POLICE AND HIS LARGE FAMILY ON BOARD A SWEDISH SHIP. IN GENERAL, BERGQUIST SAW POLITICAL OBSTACLES IN ACCEPTING SOUTH VIETNAMESE IN SWEDEN, WHERE PUBLIC OPINION WAS ENTIRELY ON THE SIDE OF THE
NORTH AND OF THE PRG.
3. THE EDES ARE CONSULTING THE OTHER NORDIC COUNTRIES.
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