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FM STOCKHOLM 26070OZ JULY
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 106 OF 26 JULY 79
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA AND HONG KONG
(1459)
HONG KONG TELNO 1057 TO FCO AND UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 363 (NOT YET RECEIVED HERE): RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG
ONG.
1.
HEAD OF CHANCERY HAS APPOINTMENT ON 27 JULY TO DISCUSS CUTCOME OF GENEVA CONFERENCE WITH HIRDMAN HEAD OF RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT IN MEA. THIS WOULD BE A SUITABLE OCCASION TO PUT IN A PLEA THAT SOME AT LEAST OF THE 750 ADDITIONAL REFUGEES PLEDGED BY SWEDEN AT THE GENEVA CONFERENCE SHOULD COME FROM HONG KONG.
2.
AS YOU KNOW SWEDES HAVE HITHERTO IN RESPONSE TO SUCH PLEAS KICKED FOR TOUCH SAYING THAT THEY ACT ENTIRELY ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF UNHCR (OUR TELEGRAMS 16 OF 24 JANUARY AND 93 OF 17 JULY AND GRANT'S LETTER TO MORGAN UN DEPARTMENT OF 28 MARCH), IF WE ARE TO MAKE ANY IMPRESSION ON THE SWEDES WE SHALL NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT OUR REQUEST, IF WE ARE TO MAKE ONE, HAS THE EXPLICIT SUPPORT OF THE UNHCR.
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