GRS 160
CONFIDENTIAL
FM VIENNA
TO ROUTINE F C O
CONFIDENTIAL
TELNO 112
OF 091345Z OCTOBER 85
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
12273
TOP COPY
MKK 243/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
10 OCT 1985
DESK OF FICER
INDEX
PA
Са
PEGISTRY
Action Taken
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 507 TO BONN: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG
KONG
1. I TOOK ACTION WITH THE SECRETARY GENERAL AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY YESTERDAY. HINTEREGGER, WITH WHOM I LEFT A BACKGROUND NOTE, WAS NOT UNSYMPATHETIC BUT MADE THE EXPECTED NOISES ABOUT
AUSTRIA'S OTHER COMMITMENTS. WE WERE UNABLE TO HAVE A DETAILED
CONVERSATION BECAUSE THE NEWS OF THE SEIZURE OF THE ITALIAN CRUISE LINER (WITH A NUMBER OF AUSTRIANS ON BOARD) HAD COME THROUGH A FEW HOURS BEFORE AND HINTEPEGGER WAS INEVITABLY PREOCCUPIED WITH THIS. HOWEVER HE UNDERTOOK TO COME BACK TO ME WHEN HE HAD SEEN A REPORT FROM THE AUSTRIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN HONG KONG AND HAD HAD A CHANCE TO CONSIDER THE MATTER FURTHER.
ALEXANDER
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
COPIES TO:
MR RAWSTHORNE HOME
OFFICE
LUNAR HOUSE Croyden
нкео кондом.
412
WED
SEO
ECDE]
ECD [E]
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR RENTON
DR WILSON SiR W. HARDING Ps/Pus
CONFIDENTIAL