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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE WELLINGTON
TELNO 183
OF 23162OZ SEPTEMBER 85
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG
INFO SAVING HKGO LONDON
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MKK 243/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
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FCO GUIDANCE TELNO 125: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: SCORRI
REPORT
1.
AS ENVISAGED IN PARA 13 OF TUR, WE ARE INSTRUCTING
SELECTED POSTS TO APPROACH THEIR HOST GOVERNMENTS IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE WHITE PAPER IS PUBLISHED ON 26 SEPTEMBER. UKMIS GENEVA
WILL ALSO BE ASKING UNHCR TO TAKE PARALLEL ACTION WITH THOSE
GOVERNMENTS.
2.
NEW ZEALAND HAS TAKEN RELATIVELY FEW REFUGEES FROM HONG
KONG: 457 SINCE 1975 (INCLUDING ONLY 39 DURING 1984/85). IT HAS
HOWEVER TAKEN 6800 INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES ALTOGETHER SINCE 1975,
AND WE HOPE THAT THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PARTICULARLY IN ITS
CAPACITY AS A MAJOR MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH MIGHT THEREFORE BE
RECEPTIVE TO A REQUEST THAT IT SHOULD TAKE ADDITIONAL NUMBERS
FROM HONG KONG.
3.
GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD APPROACH NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE
PAPER, MAKING THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
(I)
(II)
WE AND THE HKG ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GOVERNMENT'S
EFFORTS TO HELP HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR US TO
INCREASE OUR OWN OFFTAKE OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG IN
RECENT YEARS, DESPITE OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
TERRITORY: INTEGRATION OF THE 19,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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