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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.1040 OF 33 AUGUST 78,
AND TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA,
OUR TELNO.1035 AND UKMIS GENEVA TELNO.696 :
REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM.
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1. M.(.F.T CONTAINS UPDATED VERSION OF TABLE AT ANNEX 111 OF
ORR'S LETTER OF 21 JULY TO MORGAN, U.N.D.
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2. WE HAVE INVITED LOCAL MISSIONS FROM ALL COUNTRIES LISTED IN
THAT TABLE (EXCEPT VIETNAM AND TAIWAN) AND ALSO FROM DENMARK AND THE NETHERLANDS (WHICH HAVE ACCEPTED REFUGEES FROM MALAYSIA) AND SWEDEN TO A MEETING WITH ACTING POLITICAL ADVISER ON 5 SEPTEMBER AT WHICH WE SHALL ASK FOR A WIDER RESPONSE TO THE REFUGEE PROBLEM HERE. GRATEFUL FOR ANY SUPPORTING ACTION YOU OR UKMIS GENEVA THINK APPROPRIATE (SEE ORR'S LETTER OF 25 AUGUST TO PATERSON, U.N.D
3. FOR UKM13 GENEVA, WE UNDERSTAND THAT ON 28 AUGUST THE U.S
MISSION IN GENEVA SPOKE TO JAEGER OF UNHCR, ON INSTRUCTIONS, ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG AND MACAU, YOU MAY WISH TO DISCUSS THE OUTCOME WITH THEM BEFORE YOUR MEETING, THE U.S CONSULATE-GENERAL HERE SAY THAT 122 REFUGEES WILL MOVE TO THE MACAU TRANSIT CENTRE IN A FEW DAYS. THEY BELIEVE THAT DESPITE NUMBERS OF REFUGEES REACHING MACAU DIRECT (318 ARE THERE ARE PRESENT), MANY MORE COULD BE ACCOMMODATED THERE.
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