RESTNOTENI
GRS 50%
IMMEDIATE
CYER CAT A AND BY BAG
FM F C 0 131759Z
RESTRICTED
2
TO IMMEDIATE SINGAPORE TEL NO 332 OF 13 OCTOBER
AND TO HONG KONG
INFO KUALA LUMPUR
(λ(137)
AKK 243/332/1
KAANED IN NIS CY 17 OCT PA
INDEX
No
INFO SAVING TO UKMIS GENEVA AND WASHINGTON
YOUR TELS HOS 29 TO HONG KONG AND 497 TO ME AND HONG KONG
TELNO 1019 TO ME: SINKIANG.
1. WE ARE WILLING, SINCE THERE ARE STILL A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PLACES AVAILABLE WITHIN OUR ESTABLISHED QUOTA OF 116, TO GIVE AN UNDERTAKING TO THE SINGAPOREANS TO ACCEPT INTO THE UK, TEMPORARILY TO ALLOW THE UNHCR FINAL RESETTLEMENT PROCESSING TO CONTINUE, ANY OF THOSE ON BOARD THE SINKIANG WHO ARE NOT OTHERWISE RESETTLED WITHIN THREE MONTHS, THIS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE USUAL UNHCR AGREEMENT TO MEET ALL TRAVEL AND MAINTENANCE
COSTS OF REFUGEES UP TO THE TIME OF THEIR FINAL RESETTLEMENT (UNHCR IN SINGAPORE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THIS).
2. WE ACCEPT THE POINT IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF HONG KONG TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE THAT THIS SHIP IS TECHNICALLY BRITISH. HOWEVER, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE HONG KONG WERE PREPARED TO GIVE THE REQUIRED UNDERTAKING TO THE SINGAPORE AUTHORIT- IES (OUR HIGH COMMISSIONER IN SINGAPORE COULD GIVE THIS ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG), IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO HONG KONG, WE WOULD GIVE OUR GUARANTEE TO HONG KONG THAT ANY OF THIS GROUP OF REFUGEES, WHO HAVE NOT BEEN RESETTLED AND WHO MAY STILL REMAIN IN HONG KONG AFTER TWO OR THREE MONTHS, COULD BE BROUGHT TO THE UK IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE UNHCR RESETTLEMENT PROCESSING TO CONTINUE FROM HERE. THIS MAY SEEM AN UNNECESSARILY LONG WAY ROUND THE PRESENT PROBLEM BUT IT WOULD PROVIDE US WITH SOME BREATHING SPACE AND UNHCR MORE TIME TO RELOCATE THE REFUGEES. GIVEN THE CLOSE HONG KONG CONNECTIONS IN THIS CASE WE HOPE THAT THIS PROCEDURE WILL BE AGREE-
ABLE TO HONG KONG.
1.3.