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PELPUS
Yr. Galathy
Thank
canle you.
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FROM: A C Galsworthy
DATE: 13 November 1985
APS/PUS "/..
сс Dr Wilson
Mr Hartland - Swann, SEAD
Mr Dain, WED
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: POSSIBLE RESETTLEMENT IN FRANCE
A 1.
B
C
At his meeting on 30
30 October with M. André Ross, Secretary
General of the French Foreign Ministry, the PUS undertook to provide
details of refugees in Hong Kong who might be suitable for
resettlement in France on grounds of being able to speak French or
of having family connections in France.
2.
The Hong Kong Government have informed us that there are at
present 44 French speaking refugees in France, and 70 refugees with close family
family ties in France. I t i s not yet clear to what extent
these two categories overlap: Hong Kong are checking this with the
Hong Kong office of UNHCR, who maintain detailed records on each
refugee. They have asked UNHCR for a list of the names and personal
details of the refugees (Hong Kong telno 2434). At the request of
the French Consul General in Hong Kong, they are also obtaining a
list of unaccompanied minors
in the camps, some of whom the French
might, it seems, be willing to consider accepting (Hong Kong telno
2459). The Embassy in Paris have suggested that details of the
refugees should be passed directly to
We
the French Consulate General
D in Hong Kong (Paris telno 949). Hong Kong propose to do this.
shall also ask the Embassy to give a copy to the Quai d'Orsay.
3.
I submit a draft letter from
the position.
the PUS to M. Ross explaining
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A C Galsworthy
Hong Kong Department
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