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TELEGRAM NUMBER 225 OF 31 MAY
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA PRIORITY HONG KONG MOSCOW PEKING WASHINGTON CANBERRA WELLINGTON KUALA LUMPUR SIN
JAKARTA MANILA TOKYO EEC POSTS,
THE DANGKOK
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YOUR EXCELLENCY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT YOUR RECENT VISIT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA AND THE PROBLEM OF THE INDO-CHINESE
REFUGEES, I AGREE THE SITUATION IS DESPERATE, THE BRITISH PEOPLE ARE APPALLED AT THE HUMAN MISERY BEING CAUSED,
MANY REFUGEES ARE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG, WHERE THERE ARE NOW 40,000 AWAITING RESETTLEMENT. WE HAVE CURSELVES BEEN SEEKING HELP FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTS IN SHARING THIS BURDEN, SO FAR WITHOUT SUCCESS.
1 BELIEVE URGENT INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION MUST NOW BE GIVEN TO THE QUESTION OF THE RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES NOT ONLY IN HONG KONG BUT ELSEWHERE. AT PRESENT ONLY A FEW COUNTRIES ARE CARRYING THE BURDEN, THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES DESERVES THE GREATEST PRAISE FOR HIS EFFORTS, REGRETTABLY THE MAJORITY OF MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS ARE DOING LITTLE TO HELP HIM, ALTHOUGH MANY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO RESETTLE AND GIVE NEW HOPE TO THESE UNHAPPY PROPLE FROM INDO-CHINA.
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