TNAG-0556-FCO40-651-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 120

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telex to namco,paris,brussels,bonn,valletta.coi onpass no 10 downing st. and

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news

dept of energy.fco xxx conference 1230 5 may 1975.

nagy

spokesman announced at today's fco news conference that mr janos nagy, deputy foreign minister of the hungarian people's republic would visit britain from may 6 to 10 at the inviatation of the minister of state, foreign office,mr roy hattersley. spokesman said they would discuss east-west relations, ethervinternetunni affairs, as well as bilateral

with particular reference to europe, and other international

affairs, as well as bilateral questions.

spokesman added UNATTRIBUTABLY that mr hattersley invited mr nagy to britain when he visited budapest last december. the visit was part of the continuing i ministerial dialogue with eastern europe which has seen mr hattersley visit budapest, the prime minister and secretary of state for foreign affairs visit moscow in february and lord goronwy-roberts, under secretary of xxx state for foreign affairs visit czechoslovakia in april. in addition the deputy foreign ministers of bulgaria and poland have visited britain this year. the secretary of state for foreign affairs pax plans to visit poland and hungary later this year.END UNATTRIBUTABLE. vietnam refugees

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in reply to questions, spokesman said the foreign office had been in touch with the home office over the question of admission of south vietnamese Kangass refugees to britain.he added that the responsibility for decisions on admitting people to britain for pask permanent residence lay with the home office. spokesman said the secretary of xkas state for foreign affairs had had been consulted. he added "the americans have discussed the questionof the refugees with us and other

UNATTRIBUTABLY!

countries.the

british government is keeping the matter under urgent consideration and will be making its views known soon. "END UNATTRIBUTABLE.

asked about the south in vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong, spokesman replied UNATTRIBUTABLY that they were a mtter for the Hong Kong

WHO WERE

vernments in touch with the americana

colonial government but the

and canadian governments on this.END UNATTRIBUTABLE.

rkaakazi south vietnam

in reply to questions, spokesman said the question of recognition of the new regime in saigon, was still under consideration. HMG would make a

it was clear that had decision when a government/emerged in south vietnam that satisfied the criteri for recognition. consultations were continuing with britain's partners and

allies.

rhodesia

asked about the possibilty of a british minister making a visit to rhodesia, spokesman said the matter was being discussed at the commonwealth conference in kingston. he had nothing to add at the moment.

rgw/fco/ 5/5/75 1314 .

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