RESTRICTED
HKB 243/30
TEMP/NEW (1
061561
MDLIAN 7169
E
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FM UKMIS GENEVA
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 164
OF 220741Z MARCH
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 78: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG
1. WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH UNHCR REQUEST FOR REFURBISHMENT OF THE REFUGEE CAMPS AND POSSIBLE RELUCTANCE TO ISSUE APPEAL FOR FUNDS TO COVER COST OF CONSTRUCTING PILLAR POINT CAMP (PARA 4 OF HONG KONG TELNO 895).
2. ON QUESTION OF REFURBISHMENT, HONG KONG ARE SEEKING FURTHER DETAILS FROM UNHCR IN HONG KONG AND WILL RESPOND LATER. ON THE APPEAL, UNHCR HAVE TOLD US THAT APPEAL LETTER IS LIKELY TO ISSUE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. UNHCR COMMENTED THAT THEIR INITIAL RESERVATIONS AROSE FROM CONCERN ABOUT DIVERSION OF SCARCE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FROM OTHER LARGER PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA, AGAINST BACKGROUND OF LIKELY SERIOUS FINANCIAL SHORTFALL IN UNHCR
FUNDING IN 1989.
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