-ATTENTION FORD SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION FOR HE. THE GOVERNOR.
ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED AT EUROPEAN REFUGEE CONFERENCE BERGNEUSTADT
STOP SUCCEEDED TO HAVE INTERVIEW WITH WILLY BRANDT BEFORE HIS
OPENING ADDRESS RESULTING IN HIS SINGLING OUT HONGKONG AS
AREA OF SPECIAL CONCERN STOP FOLLOWED BY MEETING WITH INNEN
MINISTER BAUM WHO THEN REQUESTED MINISTERIALRAT HABERLAND TO
INVESTIGATE WHY HONGKONG HAS NOT BEEN FAIRLY TREATED STOP
MP DR MEINECKE ADDRESSED LETTER TO BUNDESKANZLER SCHMIDT WITH
COPY TO AUUENMINISTER GENSCHER AND INNEN MINISTER BAUM REFERRING
TO MY VISIT AND ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL QUOTA FOR HONGKONG STOP
ABLE TO OBTAIN SPECIAL PERMISSION TO REPORT ON HONGKONG AT
PLENARY SESSION DEALING WITH REPORTS FROM THIRTEEN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES STOP REPORT WAS WELL RECEIVED RESULTING IN BEING
APPOINTED TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMISSION 3 OF PROFESSOR DR MELANDER
KER WITH MRS FOCKE BUNDESMINISTER AND NOW MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT DR HAAN UNHCR GENEVA MP DR MEINECKE WALTER HAACK
CHAIRMAN EINGLIEDERUNGSAUSSCHUS BEIM BUNDESBEIRAT OF THE
INNENMINISTERIUM DR VON KOEKERITZ INNENMINISTERIUM PRAELAT
BOCKET MISERIOR AND OTHER EXPERTS STOP CHANCE THAT HONGKONG
WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR A FAIR SHARE OF ADDITIONAL QUOTA OF FIVE
THOUSAND VERY LIKELY BUT WE MUST STRIKE THE IRON AS LONG AS IT IS
HOT STOP WOULD THEREFORE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IF THIS MESSAGE
COULD BE PASSED TO FOREIGN OFFICE TO FOLLOW UP THESE LEADS
ESPECIALLY REGARDING INNENMINISTER BAUM STOP WAS FINALLY REQUESTED
TO PREPARE PAPER FOR THE INNENMINISTERIUM ON PROPOSAL FOR GLOBAL
CONFERENCE UNDER UNHCR TO ESTABLISH INTEGRATION MODEL FOR
RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES PARTICULARLY FOR GERMANY WHICH SPENDS
250 MILLION DM FOR THE INTEGRATION OF TWENTY THOUSAND VIETNAMESE
WITH UNSATISFACTORY RESULTS STOP MORE DETAILS UPON RETURN TO
HONGKONG.
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