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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TEL NO 43 OF 19-1-77 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA ROUTINE HONG KONG
UKMIS TELNO 17: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:
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1. UNHCR TOKYO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THE CABLE REFERGED TO IN YOUR PARA 1, HOWEVER WE ASKED WHY ONLY 14 MEMBERS OF THE GROUP OF 21 APPEAR TO BE AUTHORISED TO TRAVEL, UNHCR TOKYO STATED THAT THEY OMITTED TO INFORM US THAT ONE FAMILY OF SEVEN IN THE GROUP, HEADED BY NGO VẪN QUY HAD MADE CONTACT WITH A SISTER IN THE USA DURING THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY AND HAD APPLIED ON 6 JAN FOR RESETTLE- MENT THERE, UNHCR HQ WERE INFORMED OF THIS AND WERE PRESUMABLY ANTICIPATING AMERICAN ACCEPTANCE OF NGO'S APPLICATION,
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WE HAVE CHECKED WITH THE AMERICAN EMBASSY WHO HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE SITUATION ON APPLICATIONS FROM THE MATHER REFUGEES REMAINS AS STATED BY CUSHING (WASHINGTON TELNO 3514, NOT TO HONG KONG), IN ADDITION IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT NGO'S SISTER HAS ONLY REFUGEE STATUS IN THE USA AND IS UNABLE TO FILE A PETITION ON HIS BEHALF. FURTHERMORE, THE FACT THAT NGO HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A RESETTLEMENT OFFER FROM THE UK ALL BUT DISQUALIFIES HIM FROM THE US PAROLE PROGRAMME WHETHER HE TAKES UP THIS OFFER OR NOT, NGO IS APPARENTLY UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IF HE AGREES TO GO TO THE UK HIS CHANCES OF EVENTUAL RESETTLEMENT IN THE USA WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED, HOWEVER PERHAPS IN DUE COURSE WE CAN ASSIST NGO BY PRESENTING OUR OFFER TO HIM USING A FORM OF WORDS THAT WILL ENABLE HIM TO PURSUE HIS WISH TO GO TO THE USA, SHOULD HIS SISTER ACQUIRE AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP AFTER 5 YEARS HE WOULD IN ANY CASE DE ABLE TO GO AS AN IMMIGRANT RATHER THAN A REFUGEE.
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UNHCR TOX YO AGREE WITH US THAT NGO'S CHANCES OF ENTERING THE USA DIRECT FROM JAPAN ARE VIRTUALLY NIL AND THEY WILL TRY TO PERSUADE HIM, THAT HIS ONLY SENSIBLE COURSE OF ACTION IS TO TRAVEL TO THE UK. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR EXPECTING
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