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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, HKGO BRUSSELS, INFO PRIORITY HKGO GENEVA, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO WASHINGTON
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HKGO LONDON ATIN BEN TANG
HKK 243/1
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HKGO BRUSSELS ATTN NIGEL FRENCH
HKGO GENEVA ATIN ANTHONY WOO
HKGO NEW YORK ATTN BILL DORWAPD
HKGO WASHINGTON ATTN PETER LO
10 FEB 1986
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Action Taken
YOUR TELNO 244: VIETNAMES REFUGEES
EXCO CONSIDERED TWO MEMOPANDA ON VIETNAMESE REFUCEES YESTERDAY
MORNING.
2. AS REGARDS XCC(86)22, MEMBERS NOTED THE REACTION TO HMG'S
DECISION TO ACCEPT FAMILY REUNION CASES FROM HONG KONG AND ITS
IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG. THEY ADVISED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE
ADDITIONAL RESETTLEMENT PLACES RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF HMG'S
INITIATIVE, HONG KONG SHOULD BEGIN TO ACCEPT 20 ETHNIC CHINESE
REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT EACH MONTH UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 250 ON
THE BASIS OF CRITERIA SET OUT IN THE MEMORANDUM.
3. ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSAL TO ACCEPT ETHNIC CHINESE FOR RESETTLEMENT
IN HONG KONG WILL NOT BE KEPT SECRET, NO PUBLICITY WILL BE
INITIATED IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE PISK OF ATTRACTING MORE REFUGEES
FROM VIETNAM. IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS, EMPHASIS WILL PE PLACED ON
THE FACT THAT THOSE SELECTED DO NOT (NOT) MEET THE RESETTLEMENT
CRITERIA OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND APE LONG STAYERS. AMONG THE
FIRST TO BE CONSIDERED WILL BE THE 1500 IN KAI TAK WHO HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1979.
4. AS PEGAPDS XCC(96)23, EXCO ADVISED THAT, IN PRINCIPLE, A RASPO TRANSIT CENTPE AS DESCRIBED IN THE MEMORANDUM SHOULD PE ESTABLISHED
IN HONG KONG AND NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE OPENED WITH UNHCR ON THE
DETAILS WITH A VIEW TO SEEKING AGREEMENT PEACHED.
5. WE SHALL CONSIDEP, IN DETAIL, THE PROCEDURES TO BE ADOPTED FOR
RESETTLING ETHNIC CHINESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG. IT IS NOT CERTAIN
HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE, BUT WE HOPE TO BE IN A POSITION TO BEGIN PESETTLEMENT IN APRIL.
6. NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNHCP ON THE RASPO TRANSIT CENTRE WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AND, SUBJECT TO THE APRANGEMENTS BEING AGREED, IT WILL COME INTO OPERATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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