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brussels, june 2
attention ford
1980.
secretary for information for he the governor.
unhor representative in den haag stated hongkong will be included in new quota but cannot give definite number stop then informed by foreign ministry that all previous admittances were based on unhcr recommendations which excluded hongkong three times as alleged not having the same high priority as malaysia and indonesia stop dutch government is now awaiting Letter from unhor with recomendation about numbers and country of first asylum stop Later at meeting with mps of christian democratic and Liberal parties and other officials we were assured of their support for hongkong stop also foreign ministry confirmed unhcr will recommend hongkong for quota allocation stop hope unhcr could be persuaded to include hongkong in present and all future recommendations.
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