TNAG-0556-FCO40-651-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 30

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REGISTRY No. 50

15 MAY 1975

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 383 OF 14 MAY, AND TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, INFO PRIORITY OTTAWA, CANBERRA, WELLINGTON, STOCKHOLM, COPENHAGEN AND PARIS.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 476 (NOW REPEATED TO WELLINGTON):

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. ACTION PROPOSED IS APPROVED.

FOR WASHINGTON

2. UNLESS HONG KONG SEE OBJECTION, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES THAT, WHILE WISHING TO BE HELPFUL, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GO FURTHER THAN HONG KONG PROPOSE. THE PRECEDENT IN THE CASE OF THE MS JAPAN RECOGNISES THE BURDEN OF REFUGEES FROM CLARA MAERSK AND THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES STILL SEEKING HAVENS, EG FROM SINGAPORE.

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