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INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, BRUSSELS, LUXEMBOURG
BRUSSELS FOR HKGO
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YOUR TELNO 1197 TO HONG KONG : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. NEITHER WE NOR PICARD (HEAD OF MIGRATION DEPARTMENT, QUAI) ARE
AWARE OF INVOLVEMENT OF RESETTLEMENT BY MEDICINS SANS FRONTIERES.
COULD THIS BE AN ERROR FOR ECOLES SANS FRONTIERES (ESF)?
2. WHEN TSAO (HKGO, BRUSSELS) CALLED ON HIM THIS MORNING, PICARD SAI
THAT FRENCH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR ESF WAS EVIDENCE OF GOOD
INTENTIONS, EVEN IF THEY COULD NOT GIVE AN UNDERTAKING TO ADMIT A
FIXED NUMBER OF REFUGEES, EG BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
3. (FOR HONG KONG). OUR CONSULATE IS TELEXING SEPARATELY ON THE APPLICATION FOR VISA OF MARIA CENALMOR, WHO WISHES TO TRAVEL TO HONG KONG ON 6 JULY TO START ORGANISING ESF'S WORK THERE. WE HOPE THAT
THIS CAN BE GIVEN SPECIAL PRIORITY.
FRETWELL
MINIMAL
HKD WED
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