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INFO BANGKOK AND HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 158 OF 12 JULY
HONG KONG TELNO 723 REPATRIATION TO VIETNAM
HKK 243
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1. THE ACTING UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE IN HANOI, OUELLET, HAS TOLD ME THAT, TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE, VERY FEW VIETNAMESE WHO LEFT VIETNAM ILLEGALLY SINCE 1975 HAVE EVER BEEN ALLOWED TO
RETURN. HIS RECORDS WERE FAR FROM COMPLETE, BUT HE THOUGHT UNHCR MAY HAVE BEEN INFOLVED IN ONLY ABOUT TEN (TEN) CASES
ALTOGETHER.
2. OEULET ADDED THAT, FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME, UNHCR HAD BEEN ENDEAVOUR ING TO PERSUADE THE VIETNAMESE TO ACCEPT THE
RETURN OF TWO ORTHREE HUNDRED UNACCOMPANIED MINORS FROM INDONESIA, BUT THE VIETNAMESE HAD SHOWN NO INTEREST IN ACCEPTING THEM. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE MUST BE ALTOGETHER OVER ONE THOUSAND UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AWAITING RESETTLEMENT AROUND S E ASIA.
3. COULD THEUNHCR OFFICE IN GENEVA CONFIRM OUELLET'S EST IMATE OF ABOUT TEN UNHCR SPONSORED REPATRIATES SINCE 1975 AND MY ESTIMATE OF ONE THOUSAND PLUS UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AWAITING RESETTLEMENT
TONK IN
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IN SE ASIA?
PS/MR RIFKIND PS/PUS
MR GIFFARD
ML DONALD
·S / LORD BELSTEAD
PS/LORD
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