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MESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
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HKK
FM UNITS GENEVA 2613592 JULY 79
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAI NUMBER 23 OF 26 JULY 1979
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INFO PRIORITY FCO, INFO ROUTINE BERNE, VIENNA DRUSSELS, PARIS
YOUR TELNO 1957 TO FCO: RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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1. THE CASES MENTIONED IN YOUR PARA 6 REPRESENT UNHCR'S
CURRENT ATTEMPTS TO HELP THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED SELECT REFUGEES. WE HAVE URGED THEM TO REQUEST MORE DOSSIERS FROM THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IN HONG KONG, THEY WILL DO SO BUT HAVE SAID THEY MUST BEAR IN MIND THE NEEDS OF THE GROWING NUMBER OF LAND PEOPLE.
2. THE EXTENT OF UNHCR ADVICE GIVEN TO THE THREE COUNTRIES VARIES. AUSTRIA IS APPARTENTLY INDIFFERENT AS TO WHERE REFUGEES COME FROM AND HAS NO SELECTION TEAMS IN THE AREA. BELCIUM USES VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THAILAND. SWITZERLAND IS SENDING OUT TEAMS AND CARITAS SWITZERLAND HAS CLOSE LINKS WITH CARITAS IN HONG KONG FROM WHON IT HAS OBTAINED SOME DOSSIERS DIRECT. NEARLY HALF SWITZERLAND'S INTAKE ARE HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.
3. AT UNICR'S MEETING ON 23 JULY WE FULLY DEPLOYED THE ARGUMENTS IN PARA 1 OF TUR. WE ALSO HAD A SPECIAL WORD WITH THE FRENCH REPRESENTATIVE SINCE THE SCOPE FOR INCREASING MONG KONG'S SHARE OF THEIR INTAKE SEENS CONSIDERABLE,
RACINNES
FILES
SEAD
NK & GD
UND
NEWS D M & VD PS PS/LPS
MR FERGUSSON
MR FRETWELL
ADDITIONAL DISTN
BOAT PEOPLE
FED
EEST
N AM D
SAD
EID
PUSD CID
IPD
PS/MR HURD PS/KR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR BULLARD
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