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TELNO 367

OF 151829Z JUNE

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, WASHINGTON, PARIS INFO PRIORITY TOKYO, HANOI, UKMIS NEW YORK, BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR INFO PRIORITY MANILA, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA

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MY TELNO 365: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: ICIR: RESETTLEMENT OFFERS

1. AT THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING ON 15 JULY, CLARIFICATION WAS GIVEN TO RESETTLEMENT OFFERS FOR PRE-CUT OFF CASE-LOAD OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. FIGURES (AND EXPLANATIONS) ARE AS FOLLOWS:

AUSTRALIA 11,000 (PLUS UNSPECIFIED NO. OF SCREENED-IN REFUGEES)

AUSTRIA 300

CANADA 11,000 (ALL LONG-STAYERS) PLUS MINIMUM OF 4000 SCREENED-IN

AFTER CUT-OFF DATE

FRANCE 4400

JAPAN 1,000

NETHERLANDS 1,000

NEW ZEALAND 600 (PLUS 400 OTHER INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES)

SWITZERLAND 300

UK 2,000

UNITED STATES 22,000

NORWAY)

SWEDEN)

4,000 (OF WHOM 1,300 IN FIRST YEAR)

FINLAND)

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