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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, HKGO WASHINGTON
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YOUR TELNO 2606 (NOW REPEATED TO OSLO OTTAWA AND WASHINGTON):
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: QUARTERLY UNHCR RESETTLEMENT MEETING
1.
PARAS 4, 5 AND 7 OF TUR: WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT THE US,
CANADIAN OR NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENTS HAD TAKEN FIRM DECISIONS IN
RESPONSE TO OUR APPROACHES (ALTHOUGH WE KNEW THAT THE NORWEGIANS WERE CONSIDERING OFFERING 100 PLACES: LOGAN'S (OSLO) LETTER OF
17 OCTOBER TO WALKER, HKD, COPIED TO HONG KONG, REFERS).
2.
WE INTEND TO ASK WASHINGTON, OTTAWA AND OSLO TO SEEK
OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF THEIR HOST GOVERNMENTS' POSITIONS.
BEFORE WE DO SO HOWEVER, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ASK
THE US CONSULATE GENERAL AND THE CANADIAN COMMISSION TO CLARIFY
HOW MANY ADDITIONAL REFUGEES THEIR GOVERNMENTS WILL BE TAKING IN
RESPONSE TO OUR SCORRI INITIATIVE, AS THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR
FROM TUR. GRATEFUL FOR DETAILS OF US POSITION DESKBY 270900Z, AS
MR RENTON WILL BE MEETING THE US AMBASSADOR THAT DAY AND PROPOSES
TO RAISE THE SUBJECT.
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