GPS 85
EN CLAIR
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FM STOCKHOLM 261430Z
UNCLASSIFIED
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No. 59
27 MAY 1975
NXK. 18/25
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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 142 OF 26 MAY 1975 RFI HONG KONG WASHINGTON
SAVING OTTAWA COPENHAGEN CANBERRA PARIS WELLINGTON SANTIAGO PEKING
AND SINGAPORE.
MY TELNO 136: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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FRU LEIJON MINISTER OF STATE REPLIED TO A QUESTION IN THE RIKSDAG
ON 23 MAY THAT THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT FOUND NO JUSTIFICATION
FOR ANY SWEDISH DECISION TO SELECT AND TRANSFER ANY GROUP OF
SOUTH VIETNAMESE REFUGEES TO SWEDEN. IF REFUGEES ARRIVED IN SWEDEN
IN ANY OTHER WAY HOWEVER THEIR APPEALS FOR ASYLUM WOULD BE CONSIDERED
IN THE NORMAL MANNER BY THE NATIONAL IMMIGRATION AND NATURALISATION
BOARD.
2. THE MINISTER ADDED IN ANSWER TO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT THERE
WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM WAS ANYTHING
LIKE THAT IN CHILE. THE GOVERNMENT HAD THEREFORE AUTHORISED THE
TRANSFER TO SWEDEN OF A FURTHER 50 LATIN AMERICAN REFUGEES FROM CHILE AND HAD DECIDED TO PAY THE TRAVELLING EXPENSES OF 50 RELATIVES
OF REFUGEES ALREADY IN SWEDEN. THIS WOULD BRING TO 1600 THE TOTAL
OF LATIN AMERICAN REFUGEES TO WHOM SWEDEN HAS GIVEN ASYLUM.
/ FCO PSE PASS