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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 699 OF 31 AUGUST
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
INFO SAVING PEKING AND HANO1
MY TELNO 596: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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1. I CALLED THE HIGH COMMISSIONER TODAY AND SPOKE ALONG THE LINES REQUESTED IN HONG KONG TELNO 102% TO FCO AND YOUR TELNO 263 EMPHASIS ING THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS WHICH HONG KONG FACED. 1 LEFTWITH HIM THE STATISTICS IN HONG KONG TELNO 1341 TO FCO, SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED BY ORR'S TELECON WITH BURNS.
2. MR HARTLING EXPRESSED HIS DEEP CONCERN OVER HONG KONG'S
PROBLEMS AND GRATITUDE FOR ALL HER EFFORTS. HE AGREED THAT MORE
SHOULD BE DONE TO MOVE REFUGEES QUICKLY TO MACAU, THE FIRST BATCH OF 120 WERE LEAVING FOR MACAL TODAY. UNHCR WOULD TRY TO
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GET MACAU'S LIMIT OF 433 INCREASED BUT MACAU HAD ITS OWN
POLITICAL PROBLEMS AND HAD ALREADY RECEIVED 318 BOAT REFUGEES
DIRECT. 300 WERE READY IN HONG KONG FOR DEPARTURE TO US WHEN CONGRESS
VOTED FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION: 70 FOR AUSTRALIA, WITH POSSIBLY
ANOTHER 200 #, AND SMALLER GROUPS FOR THE MORDIC COUNTRIES. HARTLING
SAID THAT HE FULLY REALISED THAT WITH THE INFLUX CONTINUING,
CURRENT DEPARTURES WOULD ONLY SERVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE SITUATION.
3. DURING HIS. VISIT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA WHICH BEGINS ON 3
SEPTEMBER IT IS INTERESTING THAT ONE OF HIS PARTY, A DIRECTOR AT UNHCR, SHOULD GO TO MACAU AND HONG KONG TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND REPORT TO HIM PROBABLY IN KUALA LUMPUR ON 19
SEPTEMBER. I PUT TO HARTLING THAT UNHCR MIGHT NEED TO CONSIDER
INCREASING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT IN HONG KONG.
FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING TO PEKING AND HANOI,
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