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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICEIVED IN RES,STRY NO. 51
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1172 OF 16 AUGUST, 1979
INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON,
PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
16 AUG 1979
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ST MANILA TELEGRAM NUMBER 362: REFUGEE PROCESSING CENTRE.
1. WE LEARNT TODAY FROM THE AMERICANS HERE, IN CLOSE CONFIDENCE (WHICH PLEASE PROTECT), THAT THEIR EMBASSY IN MANILA HAVE SUGGESTED
TO AMBASSADOR CLARK THAT HE SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS, FOINTING OUT THAT ADEQUATE REFUGEES, (OF WHOM U.S. GOVERNMENT WOULD GUARANTEE THE ONWARD RESETTLEMENT) ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-CLEARANCE NOW WITH A VIEW TO THEIR EARLY TRANSFER TO THE RPC. THE NOTE WOULD GO ON TO GIVE INDICATIVE FIGURES FOR THE VARIOUS FIRST ASYLUM COUNTRIES FROM WHICH THE REFUGEES WOULD COME, AND IT APPARENTLY ENVISAGES INCLUDING A FIGURE FOR HONG KONG AMONG THE OTHERS, WITHOUT SPECIAL COMMENT.
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2. SUCH A DEVICE COULD WELL BE USEFUL, IN TREATING THE QUESTION OF AN ALLOCATION FOR HONG KONG AS A FAIT ACCOMPLI RATHER THAN APPEARING TO PLEAD OUR CASE SPECIFICALLY. IF YOU SEE NO OBJECTION,
THEREFORE, WE THINK IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE TIMELY IF WASHINGTON COULD PRESS THE AMERICANS ABOUT OUR INTEREST IN GETTING AN ALLOCATION FROM HONG KONG IN ANY NUMBERS PLANNED FOR TRANSFER TO AN RPC - THOUGH WITHOUT INDICATING (UNLESS IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED THERE) OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROPOSAL BEING PUT TO
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