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BUENOS AIRES 25/2125Z SEPT 79
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 2 OF 26 SEPTEMBER 1979
MIDEX
INFO FCO UKMIS GENEVA BANGKOK AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFIC
YOUR TELNO 2: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1.
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PILOT GROUP OF REFUGEE FAMILIES FROM HONG KONG AND BANGKOK ARRIVED ON 14 SEPTEMBER, TO OFFICIAL WELCOME AND WIDE PRESS COVERAGE.
LATTER HAS CONCENTRATED ON REFUGEES FROM BANGKOK.
see 1723
8. HEAD OF CHANCERY CALLED THIS WEEK ON BIANCULLI ( DIRECTOR GENERAL CONSULAR AFFAIRS MFA ). BIANCULLI MADE IT PLAIN THAT REFUCEES FROM HONG KONG WERE A PROBLEM. UNLIKE THOSE FROM BANGKOK,
HONG KONG REFUGEES WERE INSISTING ON GRANTS OF LAND AND HOUSING.
THEY WERE NOT CONTENT WITH JOBS AND FREE ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE TO
THEM. MATTER WAS UNDER NEGOTIATION, BUT UNTIL PROBLEM WAS SORTED OUT,
BIANCULLI WAS NOT DISPOSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT BRINGING NEXT TEN FAMILIES ( WHOSE SELECTION WAS VIRTUALLY COMPLETE ) FROM HONG KONG.
IF NO SOLUTION WAS FOUND ARGENTINA WOULD HAVE TO RETURN THE TWENTY-.
WINE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG.
3. PROSPECTS FOR FOLLOW UP TO PILOT GROUP ARE THEREFORE POOR, AND ANY PUBLICITY OVER QUOTE DIFFICULT UNQUOTE REFUGEES WILL NOT ASSIST
HONG KONG'S RESETTLEMENT TASK,
4.
WE WILL REPORT FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. CARLESS
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