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CONFIDENTIAL
FROM HONGAID 031000Z JUL 79
TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER HK 675 OF 3 JULY
FOR POLITICAL ADVISER FROM MORGAN
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:
NO OI
I PUT THE SUGGESTION THAT THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES PUT PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENTS
TO ACCEPT MORE REFUGEES TO SIR EVELYN SHUCKBURGH, CHAIRMAN, BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY, YESTERDAY. HE ADVISED THAT THE LEAGUE IS FAIRLY INEFFECTUAL
AND THAT PRESSURE BY INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE RED
CROSS WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE RESULTS.
2.
LAST WEEK ICRC ISSUED APPEAL ABOUT REFUGEES
BUT HE TOOK MY POINT THAT IT DID NOT STRESS THE NEED
FOR GOVERNMENTS OF FINAL SETTLEMENT TO PLEDGE LARGER
NUMBER OF REFUGEE PLACES QUICKLY. HE IS VISITING GENEVA TOWARDS THE END OF JULY AND WILL SEE CHAIRMAN OF ICRC TO ATTEMPT TO GET A MORE STRONGLY WORDED APPEAL
ISSUED. HE WAS FAIRLY OPTIMISTIC+++
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