TNAG-0556-FCO40-651-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 56

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REGISTRY, No. 50

14 MAY 1975

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TO PRIORITY COPENHAGEN TELNO 1 OF 14 MAY INFO PRIORITY F CO, CANBERRA, WASHINGTON, STOCKHOLM, OTTAWA, PEKING, SINGAPORE (SAIGON UNIT), MANILA.

FCO TELEGRAM NO. 382 TO CANBERRA OF 13 MAY, PARA. 1(D):

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

AT POLITICAL ADVISER'S BRIEFING OF EEC REPRESENTATIVES TODAY ARA. 6 OF MYTEL. NO. 8 TO PARIS, SAVING TO SOME), DANISH HONORARY CONSUL-GENERAL WAS TOLD THAT 35 OF ABOUT 4,000 REFUGEES HAD EXPRESSED

SOME PREFERENCE FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT IN DENMARK.

2. HE IS BEING SUPPLIED WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ON ALL 35 AND WILL BE DISCUSSING POSSIBILITY OF FINDING PERMANENT HOMES FOR SOME OF THEM IN DENMARK WHEN HE RETURNS TO COPENHAGEN ON 17 MAY.

3. YOU MAY WISH TO MAKE USE OF THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR APPROACH TO

DANISH GOVERNMENT.

4. IN 1973 HONG KONG HAD TO ACCEPT APPROXIMATELY 74,000 IMMIGRANTS (LEGAL AND ILLEGAL) FROM CHINA AND ALTHOUGH THE FLOW HAS SINCE BEEN SOMEWHAT REDUCED, IT IS STILL RUNNING AT WELL OVER 30,000 PER ANNUM,

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