- WITHIN A FEW DAYS.
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HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL SOME Dollar
WHETHER ONW, NO TRAVEL FROM BONG KONG CAN BE ARRANGED SUF16
ORWEL QUICKLY: HONG KONG COVERNMENT MIGHT GUGGEST IN THAT CANE THAT RCPUGENS DE LANDED ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY CAN BE SIMT BY
AIR TO HONG KONG AFTER A DELAY OF NOT MORE THAN ONE OR
MICKS, THE UK AND H.K WOULD, HI ANY CASE, WISH TO KNOW THE TEKAT IN WHICH THE TAIWANESE REJECTED THE ULK 3-4MONTH GUARANTEE BEFORE DECIDING
THE NEXT MOVE.
2. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT UNDERSTANDS THAT CANADA IS PROPANED
TO GIVE PRIORITY CONSIDERATION TO THESE REFUGEES WITHIN THEI OVERALL QUOTA FOR PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT OF 50 VIETNAMESE FAMILIES
PER MONTH. HOWEVER, THIS MIGHT REQUIRE THE REFUGEES TO DO IN HONG YONG FOR PROCESSING FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS, WHICH MAY NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS NO INDICATION AT PRESENT THAT ANY OR ALL OF THE REFUGEES WOULD BE WILLING TO GO TO CANLATA THE SHIPS AGENTS IN TAIPEI MAY ALREADY BE AWARE
OF THE CANADIAN OFFER, BUT NOT OF ITS ATTENDANT DIFFICULTIES. THEY SHOULD THEREFORE BE DISCOURAGED FROM DELIEVING THAT IT COULD PROVIDE AN EARLY SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM AND FROM MENTIONING IT TO THE TAIWANESE AUTHORITIES.
4. THE UK AND H.K GOVERIMENTS WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW EMBASSY
ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELY TAIWANEGE REACTION TO AN APPROACH ON THESE LINES AND FOR COMMENTS ON ANY OTHER FACTORS WHICH MIGHT AFFECT THE OUTCOME. THEY ARE, OF COURSE, CONTENT TO LEAVE TO EMBASSY PICCRETION THE TIMING OF ANY APPROACHES AND THE STAGE AT WHICH THE U.K 3-MONTH OFFER IS MADE.
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MA WEIR MR MURRAY
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IMMIGRATIONS NATIONALITY HOME OFFICE, LYNGA House.
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