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TERMS WITH THE GERMANS AT PRESENT, AND WERE THUS NOT IN A GOOD
POSITION TO TRY TO INFLUENCE THEM. HE SUGGESTED WE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO APPLY PRESSURE AT A POLITICAL LEVEL.
8.
UNITED STATES: UNHCR THOUGHT THEY WERE LIKELY TO OFFER
1500 PLACES, PARTICULARLY IF HONG KONG COOPERATED OVER THE IDEA
OF A RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE BEING ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG.
ALTHOUGH THIS WOULD BE NO MORE THAN THEIR 84/85 OFFTAKE, IT
SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A POSITIVE RESPONSE, BECAUSE THE NEW 'BLUE
RIBBON REVIEW PANEL DID NOT FAVOUR RESETTLEMENT.
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NEW ZEALAND: 10:
WE ALL AGREED THAT THIS WAS NOT A VERY
GENEROUS OFFER. VON ARNIM SUGGESTED THAT HMG WERE IN À MUCH
BETTER POSITION THAN UNHCR TO PRESS NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE OF OUR
COMMONWEALTH LINKS. HE ALSO SUGGESTED WE SHOULD MAKE CONTACT
WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN NEW ZEALAND (HE MENTIONED ONE CALLED
'KUZO'). (OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS) COMMENT: ARE ANY NEW ZEALAND
VOLUNTARY AGENCIES REPRESENTED IN HONG KONG? (CLOSE SQUARE
BRACKETS)
10.
ICELAND: LIKELY TO ATTEND MEETING ON 17 D'CEMBER, WITH
-OTHER NORDIC COUNTRIES. IT MIGHT BE WORTH PUSHING THEM.
11.
CANADA: HAVE OFFERED 650, BUT HAVE HINTED THAT THEY
MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO MORE, AS THEY DID IN 1984 AND 1985.
ANTICIPATE THAT FINAL FIGURE MIGHT BE 1000.
12.
UNHCR
IRELAND: VON ARNIM SAID HE HAD HEARD FROM THE IRISH
GOVERNMENT 2 MONTHS AGO THAT THEY WERE WILLING IN PRINCIPLE TO HELP, BUT THAT THE NECESSARY 'STRUCTURES' WERE NOT YET IN PLACE.
VON ARNIM WOULD BE GOING TO IRELAND THIS WEEK AND WOULD RAISE THE ISSUE (BUT THOUGHT THAT ONLY A TOKEN NUMBER OF PLACES WOULD BE
OFFERED).
13.
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL: VON ARNIM THOUGHT THAT GESTURES FROM
THE SPANIARDS AND PORTUGUESE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN VIEW OF
THEIR IMPENDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE EC.
14.
OTHERS: GREECE, BELGIUM, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND,
LUXEMBOURG, TANZANIA, ITALY, AUSTRALIA, FRANCE: NOTHING TO ADD TO OUR INFORMATION.
VON ARNIM HAD
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SIR W HARDING
DR WILSON
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