GINAAG
CONFIDENTIAL
FINAL
SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH GENSCHER, 12 APRIL
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
Points to Make
1.
Remain Seriously concerned about Vietnamese refugee problem in Hong Kong. UK is accepting 500 more refugees,
你
Currently
and Hong Kong 250,as are Several friends and allies, have also promised to accept more refugees from Hong Kong. pressing others, including EC partners, to do more.
2.
Grateful for Germany's contribution So far towards Appreciate extent of Germany's refugee problems and that Federal Government need cooperation of Länder in arranging settlement of refugees.
resolving this difficult issue.
3.
But about 90 of the 9,100 have flose relatives in Germany.
refugees now in Hong Kong
Germany to
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Hope you may be able to encourage the Länder to accept at least those with relatives
you can
these refugees already in Germany. Anything you can de beyond this would
also be most welcome.
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4.
(If pressed
on response of other countries to UK Too early to assess overall
response, but
initiative.)
several
encouraging that number of countries (eg the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) have already agreed
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to
specific increases
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in the numbers they take from Hong
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