241323Z CCT
FR GIBRALTAP
TO RBDWDFA/ FCO LONDON
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RESTRICTED
HKK 243/1
2 5 OCT 1979
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RIRLAR
• ReSTRY Action Take
INFC RBDWDFA/ HONG-RONG
ST
RESTRICTED
EM GIBRALTAR 241300Z OCT
TO IMMEDIATE FCO TEL NO 55 OF 24TH OCTOBER
INFC IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
800 YOUR TELNO 861 TO HONG KONG: ACCEPTANCE OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEE
FAMILIES IN GIBRALTAR
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1. THE GIBRALTAR GOVERNMENTS OFFER TO TAKE TWO VIETNAMESE FAMILIES WAS MADE ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FAMILIES WOULD BE 11: ADDITION TO THE UK QUOTA. THEY COULD NOT AGREE THAT THEIR CFFER SHOULD BE COUNTED AGAINST THAT QUOTA.
2. IN PRACTICE, THERE WOULD BE NO OBJECTION TO LOCKING FOR SUITABLE PEOPLE AMONGST THOSE AT PRESENT IN THE UK. IT WOULD BE MECESSARY TO CLEAR ANY SUCH SELECTION OF UK-BASED RATHER THAN HONG KONG-BASED FAMILIES WITH OUR LOCAL COMMITTEE, BUT THIS COULD BEST BE DONE ONCE INFORMAL DETAILS OF SUITABLE
FAMILIES HAD BEEN RECEIVED.
JACKSON
FILES
SEAD
NRGO
SED
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
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