ORS 840
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIA
HKK 243
RELIVLO
15 JUN
PA..
DESKDY 133988 Z
FM UKMIS GENEVA 121732Z JUNE
DESK OFÅ 2%
*IDEX
PA
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NO 104 OF 12 JUNE 1979
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, HONG KONG.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. I CALLED ON HARTLING LAST EVENING. HE SAID HE WOULD BE
VERY PLEASED TO SEE MR BLAKER AND WE FIXED AN APPOINTMENT
FOR 13 AM MONDAY 16 JUNE.
2.
HARTLING LACKED HIS USUAL BOUNCE AND SAID THAT HE HAD
SPENT MUCH OF THE PAST 72 HOURS DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS
OF KAMPUCHEA AND UGANDA.
3. I ASKED HIM HOW FAR HE HAD GOT WITH HIS CONSULTATIONS
ABOUT THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE. HE REPLIED QUOTE NOT VERY FAR
UNQUOTE. HIS REPLY TO WALDHEIM HAD ONLY JUST GONE OFF. HE
EXPECTED THAT IT WOULD TAKE HIM UP TO TWO WEEKS TO CONSULT PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES HERE (HE COULD HARDLY DELEGATE THE TASK) AND HE WOULD ASK FOR REPLIES WITHIN TWO WEEKS. JAY
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE: OF CANADA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE UNHCR
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, HAD BEEN IN FLORENCE LAST WEEK AND UN-
AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION. HE WOULD HOWEVER BE STARTING WITH HIM THIS AFTERNOON, (JAY WAS PRESENT AT THE MEETING OF
COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATIVES THIS MORNING AT WHICH I GAVE
A FULL BRIEFING). HARTLING ADDED THAT HE SHOULD THUS BE IN
A POSITION TO ADVISE THE SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ABOUT A MONTH
WHETHER OR NOT A CONFERENCE WAS FEASIBLE. HE ADDED THAT HIS
OFFICE HAD IN APRIL WORKED OUT A PLAN FOR RESETTLEMENT.
ALTHOUGH THIS WAS ABEFORE THE PROBLEM HAD REACHED QUITE ITS
PRESENT PROPORTIONS HE THOUGHT THE PLAN COULD STILL FORM THE
DASIS OF HIS CONSULTATIONS WITH GOVERNMENTS. HIS ADVICE TO
WALDHEIM WOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE REACTIONS OF GOVERNMENTS
TO HIS PLAN IN TERMS OF OFFERS OF ADDITIONAL PLACES AND MONEY.
CONFIDENTIAL
0857
hof..