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FM KUALA LUMPUR 189855Z JAN 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 43 OF 18 JANUARY 1979
INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK UKMIS GENEVA GOV HONG KONG
YOUR TEL NO 17 TO BANGKOK · VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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1. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO ZAWAWI (UNDER SECRETARY FOR SOUTH EAST ASIA IN MEA) WHO WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE NEWS. HE HOPED THAT THIS
WOULD BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO TAKE MORE.
2. GCE SUBSEQUENTLY ATTENDED A MEETING AT UNHCR OF REPRESENTATIVES OF RECIPIENTS, MALAYSIAN RED CRESCENT AND MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE AND HANDED 'OUT COPIES OF THE HOME AFFAIRS PRESS RELEASE. SAMPATKUMAR, UNHCR, WARMLY WELCOMED THIS INITIATIVE. OTHER COUNTRIES ANNOUNCED INCREASES IN THEIR PROGRAMMES AS FOLLOWS: CANADA 150 FAMILIES A MONTH (INSTEAD OF 50) SEMI COLON
WEST GERMANY 100 INDIVIDUALS SEMI COLON NETHERLANDS
600 FROM THE REGION SEMI COLON SWEDEN 250 SEMI COLON NEW ZEALAND
609 FROM MALAYSIA AND THAILAND.
3. AFTER THE MEETING UNHCR ENQUIRED HOW WE WOULD BE SELECTING
THE 250 FROM MALAYSIA AND WHAT OUR CRITERIA WOULD BE. GEE SAID THAT WE WERE STILL WAITING FOR DETAILS. THE AUSTRALIANS PROMISED US FULL COOPERATION IF WE NEEDED THEIR ASSISTANCE.
4. GRATEFUL FOR EARLY INSTRUCTIONS.
HAWLEY
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