PRIORITY
CYPHER CAT/A
GRS 160
RECEIVESNFIDENTIAL
REGISTRY No.52
FM HONG KONG 180900Z
19 JUN1975
CONFIDENTIAL
WICK 18/2)
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TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 606 OF 18 JUNE INFO PRIORITY VIENNA, UKMIS GENEVA, ROUTINE PEKING, CANBERRA, UKMIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, PARIS AND BANGKOK.
MY TELEGRAM NO 595: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, AUSTRIAN CONSUL-GENERAL HAS MADE
FOLLOWING POINTS:
(A) HIS GOVERNMENT PREFERS TO USE UNHCR TO SELECT AND PROCESS
SUITABLE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG:
(B) TRANSPORT SHOULD BE ARRANGED THROUGH I CEM WITH WHOM
AUSTRIANS ARE ALREADY IN TOUCH:
(C) THEREAFTER AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD RECEIVE THOSE PROCESSED
BY UNHCR FOR PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT IN AUSTRIA.
2. WE DESCRIBED TWO CATEGORIES OF REFUGEES OVER THE RESETTLEMENT OF WHOM WE WOULD PARTICULARLY VALUE AUSTRIAN HELP. THESE WERE SINGLE MEN AND A SMALL NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHERE ONE MEMBER HAD MEDICAL DISABILITY REQUIRING FURTHER TREATMENT (BUT NOT HOSPITAL- ISATION).
3. PARAGRAPH 1(A) ABOVE COULD BE MET IF JACKSON, CURRENTLY UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE IN AUSTRIA, CAME TO HONG KONG AS 203) PROPOSED IN UKMIS GENEVA TELEGRAM TO YOU NO 421 OF 17 JUNE
(NOT REPEATED TO VIENNA). THIS WOULD OBVIATE NEED FOR PRESENCE OF AUSTRIAN IMMIGRATION EXPERT. HONG KONG IMMIGRATION SERVICE WOULD GLADLY ASSIST JACKSON AND AUSTRIAN CONSUL-GENERAL AS
REQUIRED.
MACLEHOSE
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