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CONFIDENTIAL
FM ROME 2899342 JUL 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 30h of 28 JULY
INFO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONGKONG, UKMIS GENEVA.
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YOUR TELNO 355 TO CANBERRA: RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
FROM HONGKONG.
1. WE HAVE SPOKEN ACCORDINGLY TO THE MFA, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF ALLOCATING MORE PLACES IN ITALIAN PROGRAMMES TO
REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG.
2. THE MFA SUGGEST THAT IN THE PRESENT POLITICAL CRISIS IN ITALY THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO MAKE OUR VIEWS KNOWN AT THE POLITICAL LEVEL WOULD BE TO APPROACH ON, ZAMBERLETTI, THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED CO-ORDINATOR OF ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. ZAMBERLETTI, ACCOMPANIED BY THE HEAD
OF THE MFA DEPARTMENT CONCERNED, RUGGIERO, IS CURRENTLY ON A VISIT TO THE FAR EAST TO SUPERVISE PERSONALLY THE RESCUE OPERATION BY THE THREE ITALIAN WARSHIPS (MY TELNO 264). (1296
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ACCORDING TO THE MEA, ZAMBERLETT! AND RUGGIERO ARE LIKELY TO INCLUDE A VISIT TO HONG KONG, PRORABLY SOMETIME AFTER 3 AUGUST THOUGH THEIR PRECISE ITINERARY IS BEING KEPT FLEXIBLE.
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