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TELEGRAM NUMBER 154 OF 29 AUGUST
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PRIORITY WASHINGTON, UKNIS GENEVA, ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON
HONG KONG TEL NO 1219: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:
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1. THE MFA ARE INSTRUCTING THE DANISH CONSUL GENERAL TO RECALL TO THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES THE DANISH PROMISE, MADE MOST LATELY AT THE GENEVA CONFERENCE, THAT REFUGEES PICKED UP BY VESSELS
UNDER THE DANISH FLAG WILL BE RESETTLED IN DENMARK IF OTHER ARRANGEMENTS CANNOT BE MADE BY THE UNHCR. THIS PARTICULAR CASE -
HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT TO MINISTER LISE CESTERGAARD WHO HAS
CONFIRMED THAT THE DANISH GOVERNMENT WILL STAND BY THEIR PROMISE,
2. THE MFA EXPRESSED TO US THE HOPE THAT IN THE LIGHT OF THIS THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES MAY BE PREPARED TEMPORARILY TO ACCEPT THE REFUGEES WHILE MATTERS ARE SORTED OUT WITH THE UNHCR, WHOM THE DANES ARE URGENTLY TRYING TO CONTACT. WE SAID WE COULD OFFER NO
COMMENT BUT WOULD REPORT.
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