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OCMIAN 1967
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RR GEMIS
FM FCOLN TO GEMIS
061633Z JUN
GRS 279
нин 243/8
RECEIVED IN PEGISTRY
1 0 JUN 1986
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FM FCO
TO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA
TELNO 211
OF 0616332 JUNE 86
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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF HKD WAS
RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 1465 OF 13.5.86.
BEGINS
INFO HANOI
FOR HUM FROM JEAFFRESON
MY TELETTER OF 6 MAY : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
REPATRIATION
INVOLUNTARY
ALSO RELEVANT IS THAT WE HAVE NOW BEEN INFORMED BY THE AMERICANS
HERE THAT THEY THINK THEY WILL SOON RUN OUT OF REFUGEES IN HONG
KONG WHO MEET THEIR RESETTLEMENT CRITERIA. WE REFERRED TO THIS
POSSIBILITY IN OUR TELNO 1357. WE HAVE SOEM FURTHER INFORMATION.
2. THE AMERICANS HAVE CONDUCTED A CASE-BY-CASE REVIEW OF REFUGEES
WHO ARE CONSIDERED POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THE US.
THIS PRE-SCREENING IS DONE BY JVA AND USUALLY THE INS ACCEPTANCE
RATE IS HIGH (90 PERCENT). RECENTLY IT HAS DROPPED TO 53 PERCENT.
THEY NOW ESTIMATE THAT THEY WILL RUN OUT OF REFUGEES WHOM JVA
COULD SUBMIT TO INS BY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR. THEREAFTER, ALTHOUGH
US RESETTLEMENT PLACES WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE THE AMERICANS
HERE THINK THAT THEY WILL BE UNABLE TO FIND ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES
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