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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
KEN WOODHOUSE, A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO ATTENDED THE RECENT EXECUTIVE, COMMITTEE MEETING OF UNHCR IN GENEVA AS A MEMBER OF THE UK DELEGATION, HAS ASKED US TO PASS TO YOU THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF HIS DISCUSSION WITH THE GERMAN REPRESENTATIVE AT THE MEETING:
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I MET THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE GERMAN PERMANENT MISSION, EBERHARD VON SCHUBERT, ON 14 OCTOBER. AWARE, FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS IN HONG KONG AND FROM REPORTS FROM NIGEL FRENCH, THAT THE GERMAN REACTION TO THE INITIATIVE WOULD BE NEGATIVE.
I PRESENTED OUR CASE ALONG THE LINES OF OUR SPEAKING NOTE. HE AGREED TO PASS OUR VIEWS ON TO BONN AND HE WAS SYMPATHETIC TO HONG KONG'S POSITION. HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE SHOULD NOT (NOT) EXPECT TOO MUCH.
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I EXPLAINED THAT WE HAD 88 REFUGEES IN HONG KONG WITH I SAID THAT THESE CLOSE FAMILY RELATIVES IN GERMANY. CASES FELL WITHIN GERMAN FAMILY REUNION CRITERIA. SUGGESTED THAT WE APPROACH BONN AND THEIR GERMAN CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG ON THESE CASES.
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