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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA,HANOI
Y OUR TELNO 329:
PARA 1 OF TUR :
RECENT VISIT TO
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : DURABLE SOLUTIONS
HOW THEN DO YOU SEE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SIHANOUK'S
PEKING?
2. YOUR PARA. 2 IS NOTED. PLEASE HOWEVER BEAR IN MIND THE USEFUL SUPPORTING ROLE THAT HKG OVERSEAS OFFICES CAN PLAY IN SUCH DIPLOMATIC
INITIATIVES AND LOBBYING EFFORTS.
3. WE DO NOT PRODUCE A VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION CASE LIST OR CONDUCT
(QUOTE) TRAWLS (UNQUOTE) REGULAR OR OTHERWISE. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
PROCESSING VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION CASES RESTS WITH UNHCR. ANY
REFUGEE WHO EXPRESSES THE WISH TO RETURN TO VIETNAM IS IMMEDIATELY
DRAWN TO UNHCR'S ATTENTION FOR PROCESSING. WHILE WE FEEL THAT MORE
COULD BE DONE IN THE AREA OF POSITIVE COUNSELLING FOR VOLUNTARY
REPATRIATION (WITH THOSE REFUGEES FOR WHOM REALISTICALLY NO OTHER
DURABLE SOLUTION EXISTS), THIS IS PRIMARILY A MATTER FOR THE UNHCR.
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