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INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON UKHIS NEW YORK HONG KONG HANDI ROUTIJE
CANBERRA OTTAWA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK MANILA JAKARTA
1929
YOUR TELNO 339: VIETNAMESE REFUGEE MORATORIUM
1. WE HAVE PASSED THE INFORMATION IN PARAS 2-5 OF HONG KONG TELMO
1720 TO UNHCR OFFICIALS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO DE HAAN, THE DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARTLING'S ABSENCE. WE ARE ALSO IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH
THE US MISSION WHO ARE REPORTING TO WASHINGTON IN SIMILAR TERMS.
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UNHCR WERE GREATLY INTERESTED IN THE INFORMATION FROM HONG KONG.
IT CONFIRMED A NUMBER OF INDICATIONS THEY HAD RECEIVED INCLUDING
INFORMATION FROM ONE OF THEIR PEOPLE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM
PANOI (JUDITH CUMMING, A US NATIONAL), WHILE WORRIED ABOUT THE
IPLICATIONS, UNHCR AND PARTICULARLY DE HAAN PERSONALLY, WERE
CHARACTERISTICALLY DEFENSIVE DECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUS LINKS BETWEEN
THESE SYMPTOMS AND THE VIRTUAL FAILURE SO FAR OF THE ORDERLY DEPARTE
DEPARTURE SCHEME. WITH THIS SENSITIVENESS IN MIND I HAVE TAKEN THE
LINE WITH DE HAAN THAT OUR PRINCIPAL CONCERN IS TO ESTABLISH THE
FACTS SO AS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER ABOUT THE SITUATION. DE
PAAN HAS PROMISED TO KEEP IN CONTACT.
3. THE US MISSION WHO ARE NATURALLY CLOSE TO DE HAAN, HAVE. TOLD US THAT PE HAS SENT INSTRUCTIONS TO THE UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE IN HANOI
TO TRY TO BREAK THROUGH THE IMPASSE ON THE ORDERLY DEPARTURE SCHEME.
ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES IS THAT OF ADMITTING US CONSULAR OFFICIALS TO
VIETNAM, DE KAAN IS SAID TO BE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THE PROBLEM CAN
BE RESOVED. INCIDENTALLY, THE US HAVE BEEN VERY FORTHCOMING IN
THAT THEY HAVE NOW AUTHORISED THE NETRY OF ONE THOUSAND A MONTM
UNDER THEIR IMMICRATION PROGRAMME OF THOSE WHO HAD TIES WITH THE
US BEFORE 1975.
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