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32 VAD DE ARTISTRY NO. 51 22 FEB 1979
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CONFIDENTIAL
FM WASHINGTON 212035Z FEB 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 729 OF 21 FEBRUARY 1979
INFO PRIORITY OTTAWA, CANBERRA, BONN, PARIS, JAKARTA, UKMIS GENEVA.
39° YOUR TELNO 348: PROPOSED ISLAND REPROCESSING CENTRE FOR VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES.
1. NOW THAT U S HOLIDAYS AND RECOVERY FROM HEAVY SNOW PERMIT, WE HAVE COMPARED NOTES WITH STATE DEPARTMENT (LOWMAN, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF REFUGEE AND MIGRATION AFFAIRS).
2. LOWMAN AGREED THAT IT WOULD BE UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT THIRD COUNTRIES TO OFFER BLANKET GUARANTEES FOR THE UNKNOWN NUMBER OF REFUGEES WHO MIGHT ARRIVE ON THE ISLAND. BUT THE AMERICANS ARE ALSO VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO AVOID AN OUTRIGHT REJECTION OF THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE ADVERSE REACTION FROM THE ASEAN COUNTRIES. THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE THEREFORE DEEN EXPLORING