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TELEGRAM NUMBER 38 OF 18 JUNE
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MY TELNO 37: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM CHINA
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1. ZHENG YAOWEN TOLD PEIRCE ON 10 JUNE THAT THE CHINESE HAD
INFORMED THE PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES IN MACAO VIA THE PORTUGUESE
EMBASSY HERE THAT THE SAME PROCEDURE WOULD APPLY TO THE REFUGEES
IN MACAO AS CURRENTLY APPLIED TO THOSE IN HONG KONG. IE MACAO
SHOULD SUBMIT A LIST OF NAMES OF THOSE IT BELEIVED HAD BEEN
PREVIOUSLY SETTLED IN CHINA, CHINA WOULD CHECK THIS LIST AND
WOULD ACCEPT BACK THOSE WHOM IT COULD VERIFY HAD BEEN SETTLED
IN CHINA.
2. HN THE QUESTION OF SPEEDING UP ACTION ON THE BACKLOG IN
HONG KONG, ZHENG SAID THAT A MEETING HAD BEEN HELD ON 3 JUNE
BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG TO DISCUSS
THE MATTER. HE DID NOT YET KNOW WHAT, IF ANYTHING, HAD BEEN
DECIDED AT THAT MEETINGS.
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