GRS 150
RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
FM STOCKHOLM
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 59
OF 06133OZ MARCH 86
AND TO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA
<INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, BRUSSELS
TOS COPY
14.5
KK 24-3/1
MK
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
10 MAR 1986
DESK OFFICER INDEX
PA
BRUSSELS PSE PASS TO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE
YOUR TELNO 75 TO BONN: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. MEMBER OF CHANCERY TALKED YESTERDAY TO DESK OFFICER, WHOSE ABSENCE ON SHCK LEAVE HAD DELAYED ACTION.
2. SJOLANDER WAS INTERESTED TO HEAR OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S MOVES AND SAND THAT THIS NWFORMATION WOULD BE FED INTO THE SYSTEM. THE SWEDES HAD ALREADY AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO TAKE SOME VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG AND HAVE NOW RECEIVED FROM UNHCR THE LIST OF FAMILY REUNIFICATION CASES. A FINAL DECISION ON NUMBERS WOULD
BE TAKEN IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS TIME.
3. SPEAKING PERSONALLY, SJOLANDER SAID THAT THE ULTMMATE DECASION WOULD PROBABLY BE TO TAKE UP TO 50 REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. SHE PROMISED TO LET US KNOW AS SOON AS THE DECHSHION WAS TAKEN.
STREAMS
LIMITED
HKD
FED
SEAD
UND
PS/MR RENTON
SIR W, HARDING
MR WILSON.
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