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IELEGRAM NUMBER 403 OF 27 OCTOBER 1983
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
REGISTRY
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YOUR TELNO 572: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
243/2
1. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO YOUR SPEAKING TO THE JAPANESE (AS
YOU DID IN ADVANCE OF THE HONOLULU CONFERENCE FCO TELNO 285)
THOUGH, AS YOU SUGGEST, AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL. OUR CONCERNS
HAVE NOT ALTERED SINCE THEN.
2.
PLEASE LET US KNOW, HOWEVER, IF YOU THONK THERE IS ANY
CHANCE OF THIS COMPLICATING, OR BEING COMPLICATED. BY, OUR CUR-
RENT EXCHANGES WITH THE JAPANESE ABOUT THE REFUGEES RESCUED BY
THE GAS TANKER GADINIA, WHO WERE LANDED IN TOKYO ON 11 OCTOBER
(FCO TELNO 389).
3. TEXT IN HONG KONG TELNO 1594 SEEMS QUITE COMPREHENSIVE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL OR MORE UP-TO-DATE DETAILS
AFTER THE MEETING WITH FUJII, WE HOPE HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO
SUPPLY THEM DIRECT.
4. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IN SETTING THE NEW CEILING AT
5,000 THE JAPANESE ARE IN EFFECT OFFERING AN ADDITIONAL 2,400
PLACES SINCE THEY ALREADY HAVE 2,600 RESETTLED IN JAPAN. BUT
A GOOD PROPORTION OF THESE NEW PLACES COULD GO SOME WAY TO
EASING HONG KONG'S CURRENT PROBLEMS.
HOWE
LIMITED
SEAD
HKD
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR LUCE
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
UND
PS/PUS
FED
PUSD
NEWS D MAED PS
MR WRIGHT
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD MR ADAMS MR URE
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