PP PEKING
GR 140
RESTRICTED
FM FCO 061655Z JUN 80
TO PRIORITY PEKING
НСК 24314 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
TELEGRAM NUMBER 324 OF 6 JUNE
10 JUN 1980
DESK OFFICER INDEX
ماز
PA
2.7
REGISTRY Action Taken
Awal
45
Regists in (25).
FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF HMGD WAS SENT TO HONG KONG TELNO 447 OF 6 JUNE
INFO SAVING UKMIS GENEVA: LISBON: BTC HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 734: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. PARA 5 OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE AGREED.
2. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT PORTUGUESE COUNSELLOR CALLED ON HEAD OF SED TO ASK THAT WE DO ALL WE CAN TO ENSURE A FAVOURABLE RESPONSE FROM YOU TO UNHCR'S IMMINENT APPROACH TO YOU TO TAKE 2,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM MACAU. MACHADO SAID THAT MACAU NOW HAD NEARLY 5,000 VIETNAMESE AND COULD NOT TAKE ANY MORE. HONG KONG WAS BETTER ABLE TO COPE WITH THE INFLUX AND 30,000 HAD..LEFT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHILST MACAU HAD ONLY GOT RID OF 500. MACAU HAD AFTER ALL TAKEN 866 FROM HONG KONG IN 1978.
3. DAUNT GAVE NO UNDERTAKING THAT A FAVOURABLE RESPONSE WOULD BE
FORTHCOMING.
4. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS.
CARRINGTON
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