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TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 345 OF 24 SEPTEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK
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HITK 243/1 BENZERLID JA NEMAS KYRO. 14
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PAY" Action Taken
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15201AF2013
ADAMS' MINUTE OF 17 SEPTEMBER: VIETNAMESE LAND REFUGEES
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IF PRESSED AT THE FURTHER MEETING ON 28 SEPTEMBER ON NW82
YOU MAY OF COURSE SAY THAT AS WELL AS ACCEPTING ANY WITH A CASE UNDER OUR FAMILY REUNIFICATION CRITERIA (SPOUSES AND MINOR CHILDREN), WE ARE PREPARED TO CONSIDER SYMPATHETICALLY THE CASES OF THOSE WHO HAVE ANY RELATIVE IN THE UK.
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WE CANNOT AUTHORISE ANY OFFERS TO THOSE UNCONNECTED WITH THE UK SINCE IT WOULD FOR ONE THING (FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION), SEVERELY EMBARRASS US IS A VIS THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES FROM WHOM, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE NO LONGER TAKING ANY EXCEPT FAMILY REUNIFICATIONS AND (POSSIBLY) SHIP RESCUES. ANY OFFER TO TAKE A SHARE OF THE 1400 UNATTACHED AT NW82 WOULD UNDERMINE THE PRINCIPLE WE HAVE ACTED ON SO FAR, THAT WE REGARD HONG KONG AS HAVING FIRST CALL ON ANY CONTRIBUTION WE CAN MAKE TO MANAGING
THE S.E. ASIA REFUGEE PROBLEM.
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