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TELNO 429
CF 03084CZ OCTOBER 85
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG, UKREP BRUSSELS
ROT YOUR TELNO 507 TO BONN: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. THE GREEKS HAVE AGREED TO CONSIDER OUR REQUEST TO TAKE MORE
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. INITIAL REACTIONS
FROM A MINISTERIAL ADVISER AND OFFICIALS IN THE MFA WERE NOT
ENCOURAGING.
2. OUR ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO THE PROBLEMS THE GREEKS ALREADY
HAVE WITH OTHER REFUGEES IN CAMPS HERE AWAITING PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT (ALL PAID FOR BY THE UNHCR). THERE ARE ALREADY SEVER AL
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HERE, PICKED UP BY GREEK SHIPS, WHOM
THE GREEKS ARE TRYING TO RESETTLE PERMANENTLY ELSEWHERE, NOTABLY
IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND THE US.
THOMAS
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
ECDS
PS/LADY YOUNG PS) MR RENTON PS / PUS
SIR W HARDING
DR WILSON.
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