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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG UKMIS GENEVA INFO ROUTINE HANO1 UKMIS
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HONG KONG TELNO 221 TO UKMIS GENEVA: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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1. THE QUAI (BOLLE, ACTING DIRECTEUR D'ASIE) HAVE REGISTERED THEIR CONCERN THAT IF, AS THEY UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG PROPOSES, UNHCR FLIGHTS CARRYING MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO SAIGON ARE ALSO USED TO CONVEY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, THEIR ARRIVAL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WILL CAUSE AN ADVERSE REACTION BY THE P R G. IN PARTICULAR THE FRENCH FEAR THAT THEIR OWN PROGRAMME OF EVACUATION FLIGHTS FRAM SAIGON TO BANGKOK, AS WELL AS THE UNHCR FROM SAIGON TO HONG KONG, WILL BE INTERRUPTED.
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2. WE UNDERTOOK TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION, AND THAT OF THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, TO FRENCH CONCERN (WHICH, BOLLE CLAIMS, IS SHARED BY UNHCR) AS A MATTER OF URGENCY. AFTER TELECOM COLVIN/ASTLEY WE HAVE TOLD BOLLE THAT THERE IS NO QUESTION OF MAKING USE OF THESE FLIGHTS IN THIS WAY WITHOUT PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH THE P R G, BOLLE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THIS ASSURANCE.
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