+3
OCMIAN 3860
CONFIDENTIAL
PP HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
221530Z AUG
GRS 418
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1196
OF 221530Z AUGUST 85
AND TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
CONFIDENTIAL
!
3860 1
-
MKKC 243/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
27 AUG 1985
TICES
INDEX
OUR TELNO 1167 TO HONG KONG (NOW REPEATED TO UKMIS GENEVA):
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: SCORRI REPORT
1. WHEN THE WHITE PAPER IS PUBLISHED, WE SHALL NEED TO
CAPITALISE ON THE HOME OFFICE'S DECISION ON RESETTLEMENT AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE. TO MAXIMISE THE IMPACT THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A
UK QUOTA WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE ON OTHER COUNTRIES, WE PROPOSE TO
INSTRUCT OVERSEAS POSTS TO APPROACH THEIR HOST GOVERNMENTS AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER PUBLICATION.
2. WHEN HE MET MR LUCE ON 5 JUNE, MR HARTLING OFFERED TO ASSIST
IN APPROACHING OTHER COUNTRIES. HOWEVER IT WAS AGREED THAT IT
WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO PERSUADE OTHERS TO ACT UNTIL AFTER HMG HAD
REACHED A DECISION ON THE SCORRI RECOMMENDATIONS. THE MECHANICS
OF APPROACHING OTHER COUNTRIES WERE NOT THEREFORE DISCUSSED IN
DETAIL. (OUR TELNO 789 TO HONG KONG REFERS.) WE NOW NEED TO
CONSIDER FURTHER HOW THESE APPROACHES MIGHT BE CONDUCTED. IN
PARTICULAR WE NEED TO CONSIDER:
(A) WHICH COUNTRIES IT WOULD BE MOST WORTHWHILE FOR US TO
APPROACH.
(B) WHAT ACTION WE SHOULD ASK UNHCR TO TAKE IN SUPPORT OF A UK
DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVE.
3. ON (A), OUR PRELIMINARY VIEW IS THAT WE SHOULD INITIALLY
1
CONFIDENTIAL
motion Taken
F
S4