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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1593 OF 25 OCTOBER 1983
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WINFO PRIORITY TOKYO AND ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE ONDON
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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MIFT IS THE TEXT OF A LETTER WE HAVE SENT TO THE JAPANESE
CONSUL-GENERAL, SEEKING AN APPROPRIATE SLICE OF THE CEILING OF 5,000 THE JAPANESE HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED FOR THEIR QUOTA H*N RESPECT OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNMAM. OUR INTENTION #S TO DISCUSS
THE ISSUE WITH HIM PERSONALLY IN GREATER DETAIL. WE WILL LET
YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME.
3. MEANWHILE WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR TOKYO TO MAKE LIKE
ADVANCES WITH THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT? IF SO, WE WILL SEND
TOKYO FURTHER BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON OUR DIFFICULT AND
#NCREASING VR PROBLEMS.
3. AS REGARDS JAPAN IN PARTICULAR, THE JAPANESE HAVE RESETTLED
135 REFUGEES ONLY FROM HONG KONG SINCE 1975. THEIR LATEST
INITIATIVE WAS TO SEND A RESETTLEMENT TEAM HERE IN SEPTEMBER.
THE TEAM INTERVIEWED MORE THAN 200 INDIVIDUALS, OF WHOM THEY
HAVE REFERRED ONLY 24 BACK TO TOKYO FOR CONSIDERATION. THUS IF
THE NEW CEILING IS TO MEAN MUCH FOR HONG KONG HIN PRACTICE, WE
MAY HAVE TO SEEK A SIGNIFICANT LIBERALISATION OF THEIR PRESENT
CRITERIA FOR RESETTLEMENT.
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