N
230
OCMIAN 8608
CONFIDENTIAL
PP TOKYO
FM FCOLN TO TOKYO
221645Z OCT
GRS 632
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY TOKYO
TELNO 485
CONFIDENTIAL
OF 221645Z OCTOBER 85
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
336
Tur
COPI
18608 1
MKK 24 3/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
2 4 OCT 1935
DESK CFFICER INDEX
REGISTRY
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YOUR TELNO 684: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1.
KEN WOODHOUSE, A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO
ATTENDED THE RECENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF UNHCR IN
GENEVA AS A MEMBER OF THE UK DELEGATION, HAS ASKED US TO PASS TO
YOU THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF HIS DISCUSSION WITH JAPANESE
OFFICIALS AT THE MEETING:
BEGINS.
(I)
(II)
(III)
ALTHOUGH THEY WERE THE FIRST DELEGATION I CONTACTED IN
GENEVA, I WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK TO THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
JAPAN UNTIL MY LAST AFTERNOON. ON 15 OCTOBER I SPOKE TO
TAKAHIKO HARIMURA, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFUGEE
DIVISION AND MASARU ANTATSU FROM THE SAME DIVISION WHICH
IS IN THE UNITED NATIONS BUREAU OF THE MINISTRY OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
I EXPLAINED HONG KONG'S POSITION AND HANDED THEM MY
SPEAKING NOTE. IN PARTICULAR, I ASKED ABOUT THE
ADDITIONAL 5,000 REFUGEES WHICH JAPAN HAD ANNOUNCED IT
WOULD TAKE.
HARIMURA SAID THAT JAPAN WAS UNDER PRESSURE FROM ASEAN
COUNTRIES TO HELP WITH THEIR REFUGEE PROBLEMS. IN
PARTICULAR THE THAIS HAD SOUGHT HELP WITH LONG STAYERS.
1.
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