HOFO 040/02.
HKK 243/1
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CONFIDENTIAL
TELELETTER
FROM: D.G. JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, HONG KONG
FILE REF: SCR 56/4821/79 V
FOLLOWING FOR: R.D. CLIFTHKD FCO
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
DATED 2 SEPTEMBER 1983
1: LEFT TWO IDEAS IN PARTICULAR WITH YOU DURING OUR MEETING ON
8 JULY:
(A) GIVEN THE PRESSURE WE WERE UNDER FROM UNHCR AND RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES BECAUSE THE UK WAS TAKING NO MORE REFUGEES FROM HK, THE
HOME OFFICE WERE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF A UK QUOTA
WITH YOU. IN PARTICULAR, UNHCR FAVOURED THAT HMG SHOULD ANNOUNCE THE UK WOULD TAKE 1,000 PROVIDED OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES
RESPONDED LIKEWISE:
(3) I SHOULD INVITE PIKE (HANOI) AND SIMINGTON (UNHCR) TO HK
DURING THE AUTUMN TO DISCUSS INFORMALLY WHETHER THERE IS ANYTHING
MORE THAT MIGHT BE DONE TO DISCOURAGE THE PRESENT EXODUS INCLUDING
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF THOSE NOT QUALIFYING AS REFUGEES.
2. HAVE YOU MANAGED TO MAKE ANY HEADWAY? ON (A) WE ARE STILL BEING
REPEATEDLY QUESTIONED ON THE BRITISH ATTITUDE BY REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES. ON (B) WE LEFT IT, AS I RECALL, THAT YOU WOULD LET ME HAVE YOUR REACTIONS ON MY RETURN TO HONG
KONG. SIMINGTON TOLD ME IN GENEVA THAT HE WAS AGREEABLE TO SUCH A MEETING, WHICH SHOULD LIKE TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE UNHCR EXCOM
IN OCTOBER.
SIGNED G.G. JEAFFRESON