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CONFIDENTIAL
GRS 250
CONFIDENT HAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2773
OF 090855Z DECEMBER 85
AND TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : PROPOSED ACTION FOR ADDITIONAL RESETTLEMENT
MY SECOND PT REFERS.
2. WE FEEL THAT UKMIS GENEVA SHOULD PRESS THE UNHCR TO APPROACH THE NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, DENMARK AND LUXEMBOURG WITH EITHER SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF REFUGEE N HONG KONG OR (BETTER) LISTS OF NAMES OF REFUGEES WHO MIGHT MEET THE CRITERIA OF THOSE COUNTRIES. ONCE THESE CATEGORIES OR LISTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, WE SUGGEST THAT FCO ASKS THE EMBASSIES TO FOLLOW UP, UKMIS GENEVA FOLLOWS UP WITH THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES IN GENEVA, AND WE FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND CG'S HERE.
3. WE SHOULD WANT AND SEE WHAT DEVELOPS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS N NORWAY. IF AND WHEN THE SITUATION CLARIFIES, WE CAN AGREE A COURSE OF ACTION.
4. WE SHOULD PURSUE FAMILY REUNION CASES IN AUSTRIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, BELGIUM AND SWITZERLAND. THE FCO SHOULD ASK THE EMBASSIES
TO PUSH FOR ACTION ON OUR LASTS. UKMIS GENEVA SHOULD FOLLOW UP WITH THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES IN GENEVA. WE WILL SPEAK TO THE COMMISSIONS AND CG'S HERE, ENLISTING THE SUPPORT OF THE UNHCR HERE.
5. WE SHOULD KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH, AND PUSH GENTLY, FINLAND, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, USA, NEW ZEALAND AND TANZANIA. THE PRESSURE IN
EACH CASE WILL DEPEND ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THESE COUNTRIES AND WE
DO NOT (NOT) THINK THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO PREDICT IN ADVANCE
EXACTLY HOW EACH WILL REACT. IN THESE CASES #IT #S ESSENTIAL THAT WE
KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER.
6. THE FCO SHOULD SPEAK TO THE BRITISH RED CROSS TO SEEK AN
INTERVENTION WITH THE ICELANDIC RED CROSS ON OUR BEHALF.
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