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FM BONN 191712Z FEB 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 167 OF 19 FEBRUARY
No
J 20.2. CLE
محمدم
INFO ROUTINE OTTAWA WASHINGTON CANBERRA PARIS JAKARTA
UKMIS GENEVA
380
YOUR TELNO 343 TO WASHINGTON: ISLAND PROCESSING CENTRE FOR
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. ACTION TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON WITH FRAU HEI DE-BLOECH, THE DESK
OFFICER IN THE AUSWAERTIGES AMT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIETNAMESE
REFUGEE PROBLEM.
2. FRAU HEIDE-BLOECH SAID THAT WHILE THE FRG DID NOT (NOT ) WISH
TO APPEAR TO TAKE A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A PROCESSING CENTRE, THEY SAW SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH IT. THEY WOULD
FOR EXAMPLE, BE MOST RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT A FIXED QUOTA OF REFUGEES
FROM THE ISLAND. THERE WAS ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT THE ASEAN
COUNTRIES WOULD USE THE BETTER EDUCATED REFUGEES FROM THE ISLAND
TO SOLVE THEIR OWN LABOUR PROBLEMS LEAVING THE WEST TO COPE
WITH THOSE MOST UNSUITED TO LIFE IN EUROPE.
3. IN. ANSWER TO A QUESTION ABOUT OUR OWN ATTITUDE WE SPOKE AS IN
PARA 2 OF YOUR TUR.
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