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1. WE HAVE ARRANGED FOR DA STUMPF TO CALL ON FUCHS (INTERIOR MINISTRY), PETERSEN (AUSWAERTIGES AMT) AND ZARJEVSKI (UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE) AT 1100, 1500 AND 1700 RESPECTIVELY ON 22 APRIL. BARTELS WILL BE ON HOLIDAY BUT HIS DEPUTY, REICHE, WILL SEE DR STUMPF AT 0930 THAT DAY. ELDON WILL BE AWAY, BUT HUNTER, HEAD OF CHANCERY HERE AT THE EMBASSY WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE HIM LUNCH IF THIS
WOULD SUIT HIM.
2. MOST MEMBERS OF THE BUNDESTAG WILL BE AWAY FROM BONN WHILE DR STUMPF IS HERE BECAUSE OF THE EASTER RECESS, BUT HERR KOESTER, THE LEADING CDU REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR HUMANITARIAN AID, HAS EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO SPEAK TO HIM ON THE TELEPHONE. WE SHOULD BE HAPPY TO SET THIS UP IF YOU THOUGHT IT WORTHWHILE.
3. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE AUSWAERTIGES AMT HAVE HINTED STRONGLY TO US THAT THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO HOPE OF OBTAINING EXTRA FRG QUOTA PLACES FOR HONG KONG REFUGEES. THE CURRENT OVERALL SOUTH EAST ASIAN QUOTA OF 25,000 IS EXHAUSTED AND THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH THE LAENDER GOVERNMENTS FOR AN INCREASE. IF ONE IS AGREED THE AUSWAERTIGES AMT SAY THAT IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THE EXTRA PLACES WILL BE ALLOCATED TO REFUGEES PICKED UP AT SEA BY FRG SHIPS AND TO A FEW FAMILY REUNION CASES.
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