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TELNO 581
OF 14162OZ JUNE 88
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA, EC POSTS, PEKING
YOUR TELNO 132 TO ATHENS: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
1. WE TOOK ACTION ON TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE ON 14 JUNE WITH SCHEEL (HEAD, FAR EAST DEPT. AUSWAERTIGES AMT (AA)). HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE BRIEFING AND UNDETOOK TO CONSULT WITH OTHER INTERESTED DEPARTMENTS IN THE AA AND FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY. HE WAS HESITANT ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF A PUBLIC DECLARATION OF SUPPORT BUT TOOK POSITIVE NOTE OF OUR QUOTATION OF THE DUESSELDORF EC/ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS' JOINT DECLARATION.
2. IN GENERAL HE DOUBTED THAT THE FRG WOULD AGREE TO TAKE ANY FURTHER REFUGEES, OTHER THAN CLOSE FAMILY REUNIFICATION CASES. THE REFUGEE SITUATION FOR THE FRG WAS PARTICULARLY ACUTE IN 1988 PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE GREATLY INCREASED NUMBERS OF GERMANS BEING ALLOWED TO EMIGRATE BY THE GDR AND SOVIET UNION.
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LEGAL ADVISERS
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PS/MR CHALKER
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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