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YOUR TELNO 832: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
WITH REFERENCE TO PARA 5 OF TUR, THE OVERALL PICTURE IS
STILL RATHER UNCLEAR, BECAUSE FEW COUNTRIES HAVE SO FAR BEEN ABLE
TO GIVE DEFINITIVE RESPONSES TO OUR APPROACHES. OF THE THREE
MAIN RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES (USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA), ONLY
AUSTRALIA HAS SO FAR COME UP WITH A CONCRETE OFFER OF
RESETTLEMENT PLACES: IT HAS PLEDGED AT LEAST 200 (AND POSSIBLY
UP TO 400) EXTRA PLACES FOR HONG KONG BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 1986.
THE US AND CANADA HAVE YET TO ANNOUNCE THEIR DECISIONS AND WE
CONTINUE TO PRESS THEM ON THIS. OF THE EUROPEANS, ONLY
LUXEMBOURG HAS MADE A SPECIFIC COMMITMENT (TO ACCEPT 'A NUMBER OF
FAMILIES'). SEVERAL OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE EXPRESSED
WILLINGNESS IN PRINCIPLE TO ASSIST, BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW MANY
PLACES THEY WILL OFFER. THE OVERALL NUMBER IS LIKELY TO BE
SMALL, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO PRESS ALL TO ACCEPT AT THE VERY
LEAST THOSE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG WHO HAVE CLOSE LINKS WITH
FAMILIES ALREADY RESETTLED IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. NEW ZEALAND
HAS OFFERED 10 PLACES.
2.
THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO YOUR PASSING THE GIST OF THIS
INFORMATION TO THE JAPANESE, ADDING THAT WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT
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