HKCK 24375
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 0 2 SEP 1980
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
-39
REGISTRY Action Taken
A03/0
TOP
See
GRS 110
UNCLASSIFIED
FM MADRID 211543Z SEPT 87
TO ROUTINE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 4 OF 1 SEPTEMBER 1980
INFO ROUTINE F C 0
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES = RESETTLEMENT IN SPAIN
1.
MFA TELL US THAT INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE SPANISH CONSUL GENERAL TO ARRANGE THE EMBARKATION OF BETWEEN 300 AND 353 REFUGEES IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE SPANIARDS HOPE TO ARRANGE A DIRECT FLIGHT FROM HONG KONG TO MALAGA BEFORE 20 SEPTEMBER AT LATEST. THEY EXPLAIN THE SLIPPAGE IN DATES PLANNED EARLIER BY DIFFICULTIES IN ACCOMODATION AND ADAPTATION COURSES FOR THE HONG
KONG CONTINGENT. THESE WILL RECEIVE A THREE TO FOUR MONTH ADAPTATION COURSE NEAR MALAGA.
2. BRITISH CONSUL MALAGA HAS BE ASKED TO REPRESENT HMG AT WELCOMING
CEREMONY.
PARSONS
MINIMAL
HK GD SED
100
85