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3. WE HAVE WRITTEN SEPARATELY TO COPENHAGEN ABOUT THE SMALL NUMBER
OF PLACES ALLOCATED TO HONG KONG FROM DENMARK'S 1980 QUOTA OF 500. WE HAVE JUST SEEN A PRESS REPORT OF 11 JANUARY THAT ITALY PLANS TO ACCEPT A FURTHER 2,000 REFUGEES FROM INDO-CHINA BUT DO NOT YET KNOW HOW MANY WILL BE TAKEN FROM HONG KONG. IN ALL SUCH CASES, TOGETHER WITH MAJOR RESETLLEMENT COUNTRIES, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL
IF POSTS CONCERNED WOULD REMIND LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES IN PARA 1 ABOVE AND IF UKMIS GENEVA WOULD MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON UNHCR TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN SEEKING TO IMPROVE THE RESETTLEMENT
PROSPECTS OF REFUGEES HERE.
BANGKOK PSE PASS SAVING TO HANOI
CATER
FILES
MR MURRAY
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
FK & GD
SEAD
BOAT PEOPLE
LORD NG LENNOX
UND
FED
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS DEFT
PS
PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR D MAITLAND
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