00 MANILA (DESKBY 0701002)
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RR SINGAPORE
RR BANGKOK
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FM FCO 062000Z SEPTEMBER 79
TO IMMEDIATE MANILA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 202 OF 6 SEPTEMBER
AND TO ROUTINE JAKARTA
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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HKK 24830p PA
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ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 375 AND JAKARTA TELEGRAMS NOS 235 AND 248: 1662A REFUGEE PROCESSING CENTRES
1. AT THE JAKARTA MEETING IN MAY OUR REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT
WE WERE PREPARED TO CONSIDER A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE
COST OF THE GALANG PROCESSING CENTRE IN INDONESIA PROVIDED THAT
HONG KONG'S INTERESTS WERE MET. BUT WE NOW CONSIDER THAT GALANG
AND THE OTHER CENTRES CAN BE ADEQUATELY FUNDED FROM THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNHCR FUNDS ANNOUNCED AT GENEVA (20/21 JULY)
INCLUDING BY THE JAPANESE OFFER.
2.
PLEASE INFORM PAEFFGEN OF THIS AND ADD THAT, IN OUR VIEW, IT .
IS INEQUITABLE FOR AN INTERNATIONALLY FUNDED FACILITY TO BE CLOSED
TO REFUGEES WHO HAPPEN TO HAVE ARRIVED AT A POINT WHICH IS NOT IN AN
ASEAN COUNTRY. OUR OFFER TO CONTRIBUTE TO GALANG'S COSTS WAS, IN
ANY CASE, MADE BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT'S LATER DECISION TO CONTRI-
BUTE 5 MILLION WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED AT GENEVA FOR DEALING WITH
THE REFUGEE PROBLEM.
3. WE NOTE THE REFERENCE IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 3 TO FILIPINO
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