TT HONG KONG
GRS 230
RESTRICTED
12/4/83
TELELETTER
FROM CMJ SEGAR, SEAD, FCO
FA 243/5
RESTRICTED
PA HUK 243/2.. मु
HKCK 282/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
2 5 APR 1983
REGISTRY
Action Taken
Taken
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
AF 25/€
FOLLOWING FOR PJ WILLIAMSON, SECURITY BRANCH, HONG KONG
PO YANG
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SINCE MY TELELETTER FA 243/5 OF EARLY JANUARY, WHAT AMOUNTS
TO A FINAL DECISION ON THE UNRESETTLED RESIDUE FROM THE PO
YANG HAS BEEN TAKEN.
2. I AM AFRAID IT HAS PROVED IMPOSSIBLE TO SECURE AGREEMENT
HERE TO ANY DEPARTURE FROM THE EXISTING POLICY THAT WE ONLY OFFER
GUARANTEES OF RESETTLEMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THOSE
REFUGEES PICKED UP BY SHIPS REGISTERED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING AN EXCEPTION IN THE CASE OF
THOSE FROM THE PO YANG THE HOME OFFICE REMAIN OF THE VIEW THAT
THIS GROUP WOULD NORMALLY HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO BE INCLUDED IN
THE UK QUOTA WHICH WAS STILL OPEN AT THE TIME AND THAT TO INCLUDE
THEM NOW WOULD REPRESENT AN INCREASE IN THE QUOTA WHICH FOR
REASONS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO IN A WIDER CONTEXT THEY
HAVE DECIDED THEY CANNOT ENTERTAIN.
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3. THIS IS A DISAPPOINTMENT AFTER THE TIME WE HAVE SPENT
LOOKING FOR A WAY OF HELPING YOU GET THIS DIFFICULT CASE OUT OF
THE WAY. WE MUST, HOWEVER, I FEAR, REGARD THIS DECISION AS
FINAL. IT IS CLEARLY STILL GOING TO BE A HINDRANCE IN YOUR
EFFORTS TO PERSUADE FLAG STATES TO TAKE OFF THEIR RESIDUES
PROMPTLY. IS THERE ANY WAY OF TRANSFERING THE REMAINING
REFUGEES FROM THE PO YANG ONTO ANOTHER LIST SO THAT IT IS NOT
SO OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE STILL ON YOUR HANDS?
SIGNED CMJ SEGAR
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