OCMIAN 2208
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
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MIPT:
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: PROPOSED ACTION FOR ADDITIONAL
RESETTLEMENT
1.
VON ARNIM SAID THAT UNHCR'S UNDERSTANDING OF INDIVIDUAL
COUNTRIES' POSITIONS REGARDING HONG KONG WAS AS FOLLOWS:
NETHERLANDS: MIGHT OFFER 100 PLACES.
2.
3.
DENMARK AND SWEDEN: EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE FIRM FIGURE AT
RESETTLEMENT MEETING: POSSIBLY 50 EACH.
4.
NORWAY: UNHCR BELIEVE NORWAY MAY ANNOUNCE 50-100 PLACES
AT RESETTLEMENT MEETING (VON ARNIM SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN A
DIPLOMATIC ROW AMONG THE SCANDINAVIANS OVER THIS ISSUE: SWEDEN
AND DENMARK HAD CRITICISED NORWAY FOR BEING UNWILLING TO HELP
HONG KONG. AS A RESULT NORWAY WAS NOW MORE LIKELY TO RESPOND
POSITIVELY).
5.
FINLAND: POSSIBLY 60 (WHEN WE POINTED OUT THAT THE
FINNISH MFA HAD MENTIONED A FIGURE OF 80, MR VON ARNIM SAID THAT
THIS WOULD BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN FINLAND WOULD HAVE
TO ACCEPT FEWER REFUGEES FROM OTHER REGIONS).
6.
JAPAN: LIKELY TO ACCEPT 35 IN THEIR NEXT MISSION TO HONG
KONG (IT WAS AGREED THAT BOTH WE AND UNHCR SHOULD CONTINUE
TO PRESS THE JAPANESE TO DO MORE).
7.
GERMANY: VON ARNIM SAID UNHCR WERE NOT ON VERY GOOD
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