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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE "REGINE" CASE
4.
Since my minute of 17 April we have heard that the
French Government has agreed to the request from the "Regine's" co-sponsors to guarantee up to 300 resettlement
places. This guarantee, together with the earlier offer
from the FRG to accept 150, has enabled the 328 refugees picked up by the "Regine" to be disembarked in Manila to
await resettlement. The "Regine" has now put to
to sea again
to find more refugees, presumably to use up the balance of
places covered by the French guarantee. It is therefore
still possible that at a later stage the "Regine" may attempt to enter Hong Kong waters to disembark refugees,
possibly more than are covered by the outstanding 122 places provided by the French.
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CO Hum
Hong Kong Department
1 May 1986
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