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1719
GK .30
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FM HONG KONG 263950Z SEP
HKK203/1
KOSOVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 2 7 SEP 1979
DESK WEST
INDEX
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 1338 OF 26 SEPTEMBER, 1979.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 30TH SESSION 8/16 OCTOBER.
PEGISTRY
1. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM UKMIS GENEVA SNOXELL'S LETTER UN 243/2 OF 13 SEPTEMBER TO DUGGAN, UND, ENCLOSING THE UNHCR ASSISTANCE REPORT FOR 1978/79. GRATEFUL TO KNOW DEADLINE FOR: (A) FACTUAL CORRECTIONS, AND
(B) MAJOR BRIEFING POINTS.
2. OUR INITIAL REACTION IS CONCERN AT THE LOW LEVEL OF PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS FOR HONG KONG IN 1980. US DOLLARS 18 MILLION COMPARED WITH US DOLLARS 39 MILLION FOR MALAYSIA (INDO-CHINA REFUGEES ONLY, PARAGRAPH 475 OF REPORT) SEEMS EXTRARDINARY, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE ABOUT 15,600 MORE BOAT REFUGEES AND A FAR SLOWER RESETTLEMENT RATE.
MACLEHOSE
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FILE S
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D
PS
PS/IPS
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI
MR STRATTON
LORD N G LEPHOE
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
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