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FM BOGOTA 29143OZ APR 23
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1 OF 27 APRIL
INFO ROUTINE FCO
INFO SAVING UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
YOUR TEL NO 1 OF 19 APRIL TO ASUNCION
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR MIGRATION
HAS BEEN PRESSING COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT FOR SOME TIME TO ACCEPT VRS
WITHOUT SUCCESS. COLOMBIANS HAVE AGREED TO STUDY LISTS OF CANDIDATES
FOR RESETTLEMENT BUT HAVE ALWAYS FOUND REASONS FOR TURNING DOWN
INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS. THEY HAVE ONLY ACCEPTED ONE VP, AN OLD LADY
WHO'S SON HAD BEEN LIVING IN COLOMBIA FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
2, THIS POLICY IS IN LINE WITH THAT FOLLOWED BY COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT
S
FOR SEVERAL YEARS. COLOMBIA DOES NOT HAVE A RECORD OF ACCEPTING
REFUGEES FROM WHATEVER SOURCE WITH OPEN ARMS. WE HAVE NOT APPROACHED
MFA BUT DO NOT THINK A VISIT BY STUMPF LIKELY TO BE PRODUCTIVE.
FCO PLEASE PASS ALL.
ROBSON
MINIMAL
HK&GD
SAM D SEAD
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)
COPIES TO:
HK.GO. LONDON
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT ADVANCED
RESTRICTED