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Embassy meeting 20.11.85 with MFA: Japanese conscious of Hong
Kong's problems and trying to help. Expect to take 54 this year (compared with 34 in 1984). Resettlement mission might now
go to Hong Kong later this year, not '86, and will probably
interview more refugees than in previous years (Tokyo Telno 832,
folio 420)
NEW ZEALAND
Lady Young's meeting with Palmer:
meeting with Palmer: will consider sympathetically (30.9.85, folio 252)
Consulate General
General in Hong Kong: would probably seek small quota
for Hong Kong. Needs to be followed up in Wellington (Hong Kong
telno 2080, 5.10.85, folio 264)
Letter from Secretary of Foreign Affairs: if approved,
allocation of an additional 70
70 places for long stayers with no
relatives in third countries may make it possible to secure a
small, one-off allocation of places for
for refugees from Hong Kong
(Wellington teleletter 9.10.85 folio 286)
New Zealand Government have approved additional 70 places for
Indo-Chinese refugees in current immigration year, of which 10
are for Hong Kong refugees (Wellington telno 311,
folio 360)
31.10.85,
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