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GPS 175
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REGISTRY No. 50
14 MAY 1975
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TO PRIORITY BRUSSELS TELNO 19 OF 14 MAY INGO PRIORITY F C O,
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CANBERRA, WASHINGTON, STOCKHOLM, OTTAWA, PEKING, SINGAPORE (SAIGON UNIT), MANILA.
FCO TELEGRAM NO. 155 TO DUBLIN OF 10 MAY:
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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SOME OF THE APPROXIMATELY 4,000 SOUTH VIETNAMESE NOW TEMPORARILY ACCOMMODATED IN HONG KONG ARE THOUGHT TO HOLD BELGIAN PASSPORTS. WE HAVE INFORMED BELGIAN CONSUL-GENERAL. HE HAS ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT FROM OUR PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS IT SEEMS THAT AS MANY AS 62 OF THE REFUGEES CLAIM SOME KIND OF CONNECTION WITH BELGIUM AND THAT AT LEAST 25 HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SETTLE FINALLY IN BELGIUM IF GIVEN THE CHANCE.
2. BELGIAN CONSULATE-GENERAL ARE BEING GIVEN ALL ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATING THESE CLAIMS, SUBJECT TO FCO APPROVAL, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD DRAW THE ATTENTION OF APPROPRIATE BELGIAN AUTHORITIES TO OUR URGENT NEED FOR HELP IN RESETTLING THESE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
3. IN 1973 HONG KONG HAD TO ACCEPT APPROXIMATELY 74,000 IMMIGRANTS (LEGAL AND ILLEGAL) FROM CHINA AND ALTHOUGH THE FLOW HAS SINCE SEEN SOMEWHAT REDUCED, IT IS STILL RUNNING AT WELL OVER 30,000 PER ANNUM.
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