C ON FIDEN TIAL
Secretary of State
meeting with Dumas, French Minister for
Dumas said little scope for France
should be exchange of information
folio 409)
External Relations 18.11.85:
to help, but agreed there
about possible cases (record,
Lady Young briefed to say
to M. Ross (Secretary General, MFA) on
4 December that Hong Kong Government is in touch with Consulate
speakers in Hong Kong re individual cases. (French pecebes, minors and
family reunion cases) (folio 437)
FR GERMANY
Not very hopeful: Auswaertiges Amt will press for admittance of
Vietnamese with German links who do not at present qualify; but Interior Ministry reluctant to admit new groups of refugees (Bon
telno 924, 27.9.85, folio 236)
Consulate
in Hong Kong: unlikely to take more, though family
possibility (Hong Kong telno 2080,
reunion cases
seem
a
5.10.895, folio 264)
Auswaertiges Am t regret
Vietnamese from Hong Kong.
their minds without strong
unable
to admit any additional
Embassy see little hope of changing
pressure at political level (Bonn
telno 981, 14.10.85, folio 292)
Woodhouse meeting with German representative in Geneva: Germans
unlikely to be able to do much more than consider the family
reunion cases (88)
(88) (Woodhouse telex 17.10.85, folio 327)
Mr Eggar meeting with Dr Meyer-Landrut: Laender in FRG are
cautious about Far Eastern refugees.
Also many foreigners
seeking asylum. Federal Govt can only push for acceptance of
those with "first grade" (ie very close) family connections.
Even this will involve a hard fight (record 8.11.85, folio 397)
(Bonn letter to French 18 December) FRG unaware of '88'. UNHCR
had given list of 788; FRG agreed to consider 32 with close
family ties. 16 still in Hong Kong (others left Hong Kong or
married), of which 4 have been given permission to settle (folio
494)
CONFIDEN TIAL
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