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FM THE HAGUE 231535Z AUG 79
HKK 24
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اکیار
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 004 OF 23 AUGUST
INFO PRIORITY FCO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA WASHINGTON
LO YOUR TELNO 3: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: M V SEROOSKERK
1. COUNSELLOR SPOKE ACCORDINGLY TO DIRECTOR FOR GENERAL AFFAIRS
AT THE MFA.
2. STUTTERHEIM CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE DISTINC-
TION BETWEEN THE TWO ALTERNATIVES. THERE WAS NO (NO) QUESTION
OF THE UNDERTAKING GIVEN BY THE NETHERLANDS TO ACCEPT THE 61
REFUGEES FROM THE SEROOSKERK BEING MODIFIED. INDEED IT WAS
THIS LATTER COURSE WHICH THE DUTCH NOW WISHED TO PURSUE./
3. AS CONCERNED THE POSSIBILITY OF EVENTUAL RESETTLEMENT OUTSIDE
THE NETHERLANDS, STUTTERHEIM SAID THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF CASES WHERE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ACCEPTED BY THE NETHERLANDS HAD AT A LATER DATE LEFT FOR THE U.S. EG TO JOIN MEMBERS OF
THEIR FAMILIES THERE: AND SOME INSTANCES OF VIETNAMESE BEING
ALLOWED TO ENTER THE NETHERLANDS FOR SIMILAR REASONS FROM THE
CJUNTRY WHERE THEY HAD FIRST BEEN RESETTLED.
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UND
FED
EESD
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SAD
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PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR FERGUSSON
MR FREIWELL
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