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YOUR TELNO 507 TO BONN: SCORRI REPORT
1. STIMSON CALLED ON 26 SEPTEMBER ON DOWLING AND BURGESS
IN THE DFA'S DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION DIVISION AND SPOKE
ON THE LINES OF PARA 4 OF TUR.
2"
BURGESS SAID THAT IRELAND HAD TAKEN AN INITIAL BATCH OF
212 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. RELATIVES OF THESE HAD LATER BEEN
ADMITTED, AND THERE WERE NOW SOMETHING OVER 300 VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES IN THE REPUBLIC. IT HAD BEEN AGREED IN PRINCIPLE
THAT ANOTHER 50 REFUGEES WOULD BE TAKEN DIRECT FROM VIETNAM
UNDER THE ORDERLY DEPARTURES SCHEME. THE EXPERIENCE OF
ASSIMILATING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HERE HAD BEEN MIXED, MAINLY
BECAUSE THE IRISH HAD NOT BEEN SUFFICIENTLY INVOLVED IN SELECTION
PROCEDURES. A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF REFUGEES HAD FOUND IT
DIFFICULT TO LEARN ENGLISH, AND HENCE TO SETTLE HERE. POLICY
ON BOTH THE CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION OF REFUGEES, AND HOW TO TREAT
THEM ONCE HERE WAS UNDER REVIEW.
3.
AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, DOWLING TOOK NOTE OF OUR REQUEST AND UNDERTOOK TO DRAW IT TO THE ATTENTION OF SENIOR OFFICIALS
AND MINISERS.
4. GRATEFUL FOR COPIES OF WHITE PAPER BY BAG TO PASS TO DFA.
GOODISON
LIMITE
WIED
SEAD.
UND
WED
THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED
SED
ECD (1)
ECD (E)
PS LADY YOUNG
PolME RENTON
PSI PUS
W. HARDING
SIR.W.
MR WILSON,
MKCK 243/2
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