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TELEGRAM NUMBER 33 OF 4 JANUARY
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INFO PRIORITY BONN, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, PEKING, CAMBE
MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON SINGAPORE,
BANGKOK, MODUK.
INFO SAVING HANO1.
MY TELNO 24 (NOT TO BONN): HUEY FONG.
HKK 242
RALEIVED IN REGISTRYNG. 51
- 5 JAN1979
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THE GERMAN CONSUL-GENERAL, ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM BONN, HAS REPEATED
FORMALLY AN OFFER FROM THE CITY OF FRANKFURT TO TAKE 250 REFUGEES FROM THE HUEY FONG FOR RESETTLEMENT. ALTERNATIVELY FRANKFURT HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE 250 REFUGEES FROM THOSE ALREADY IN HONG KONG, BUT ONLY PROVIDING THAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER'' ARE LANDED FROM THE HUEY FONG IN EXCHANGE.
2. POLITICAL ADVISER HAS TOLD THE CONSUL-GENERAL THAT, ALTHOUGH
WE APPRECIATE THE HUMANITARIAN MOTIVES BEHIND THE OFFER, WE CANNOT
ACCEPT IT IN SUCH A FORM. EITHER FORMULA WOULD BREAK THE FIRST PORT OF CALL PRINCIPLE AND THEREFORE BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO
OTHERS TO ACT IN THE SAME WAY AS THE MASTER OF THE
HUEY FONG. HE SAID THAT WE HOPED THOSE MAKING THE OFFER COULD BE
ENCOURAGED TO HELP DEAL WITH THE REAL PROBLEM BY MAKING AN UNCOND-
ITIONAL OFFER TO THE UNHCR TO TAKE SOME OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM WHO ARE ALREADY AWAITING RESETTLEMENT, SOME OF WHOM HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR OVER A YEAR.
FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING HANOI
MACLEHOSE
FILES
UND
PS
BK & GD
SEAD
PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS PS/HR LUARD
FED
PS/PUS
SAD
SIR A DUFF
EID (E)
MR CORTAZZI
PUSD
MR WEIR
OID IPD
COPIES TO
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MR BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE
MR BIRT
QUEEN ANNE'S GATE HOME OFFICE
LUNAR HOUSE CROYDON
NEWS D IVD
MR MURRAY
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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