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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 696 OF 15 JULY INFO UKMIS GENEVA, GEORGETOWN,
UKMIS NEW YORK.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
JACKSON, UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE HERE, HAS MENTIONED TO US THE POSSIBILITY THAT A NUMBER OF EX-BRITISH TERRITORIES IN CARIBBEAN AREA MIGHT BE PREPARED TO TAKE SOME REFUGEES FROM · HONG KONG. IN PARTICULAR, ANTIGUA, BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, DOMINICA, GRENADA, ST LUCIA AND ST VINCENT HAVE APPARENTLY INDICATED TO UNHCR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING REFUGEES HAVING QUALIFICATIONS ESPECIALLY IN MEDICINE AND AGRICULTURE. JACKSON WONDERED WHETHER H M G COULD INVOKE SOME SPECIAL SYMPATHY FROM
THESE COUNTRIES FOR HONG KONG'S PROBLEM.
2. YOU MAY CARE TO CONSIDER THIS SUGGESION. AS NONE OF THE TERRIT- ORIES JACKSON MENTIONED HAVE REPRESENTATION IN HONG KONG, ANY APPROACH WOULD PRESUMABLY HAVE TO BE MADE IN LONDON OR IN THE CARIBBEAN, IN WHICH CASE THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED ARE LIKELY TO ENQUIRE WHAT EFFORTS H M G HAVE THEMSELVES MADE TO ACCEPT VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. ON THIS POINT, JACKSON ASKED US WHAT THE LATEST SITUATION WAS AND GAVE IMPRESSION THAT UNHCR MAY PRESS UKMIS GENEVA AS REGARDS HMG'S INTENTIONS.
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