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INFO WASHINGTON, HONG KONG AND UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS CENEVA TELEGRAM MO 363 (NOW REPEATED TELEGRAPHICALLY TO ACTION(78 ADDRESSES) AND HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 1257: RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG.
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1. MINISTERS ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO THE LARGEST POSSIBLE ALLOCATIONS
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OF PLACES IN RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMMES FOR INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES (1485)
PRESENTLY IN HONG KONG, PLEASE THEREFORE SPEAK TO THE GOVERNMENT TO
WHICH YOU ARE ACCREDITED, DRAVING AS APPROPRIATE ON HONG KONG
(4850) TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE, YOU HAVE DISCRETION ABOUT THE LEVEL AND (1486)
MANNER OF YOUR APPROACH, BUT IN VIEW OF THE STRONG POLITICAL AND 1493 MINISTERIAL INTEREST, WE ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO OUR VIEWS DEING KNOWN
AT THE POLITICAL LEVEL.
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2. IF ASKED WHETHER THE UNHCR SUPPORT OUR REQUEST FOR AN ALLOCATION
TO HONG KONG (STOCKHOLM TELEGRAM NO 16 NOT TO ALL REFERS) YOU SHOULD SAY THAT THE LARGER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TAKE THEIR OWN √4016
DECISIONS ON ALLOCATION OF PLACES. WHEN OTHER COUNTRIES APPROACH
UNHCR FOR ADVICE THEY WILL BE GIVEN A VIEW BASED ON A RANGE OF
CRITERIA, BUT THEY ARE, OF COURSE, FREE TO ALLOCATE THEIR PLACES IN ANY WAY THEY CHOOSE. UNHCR'S OFFICE IS FULLY AWARE (UKNIS GENEVA (514 TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE REFERS) OF OUR REPRESENTATIONS IN FAVOUR OF INCREASED ALLOCATIONS FOR HONG KONG AND HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED INFORMALLY THE STRENGTH OF OUR CASE FOR A FAIR SHARE FOR HONG KONG,
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