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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 240 OF 14 MAY REPEATED FOR INFO HONG KONG,
WASHINGTON, CANBERRA AND SINGAPORE (SAIGON UNIT) SAVING FOR INFO OTTAWA, PEKING, MANILA, STOCKHOLM AND COPENHAGEN.
YOUR TELNO 392 TO CANBERRA : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
1. IN MY ABSENCE ON TOUR, HEAD OF CHANCERY SPOKE TODAY TO SCOTT, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND LEFT WITH HIM A BOUT DE
PAPIER ON THE LINES OF YOUR TUR.
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2. SCOTT SAID THAT NEW ZEALAND HAD ALREADY TAKEN A FEW REFUGEES AT THE TIME THE MZ EMBASSY IN SAIGON WAS EVACUATED AND WAS UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND AMERICANS TO TAKE MORE. APPLICATIONS WERE BEING CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY AND PREFERENCE
GIVEN TO THOSE WHO HAD FAMILY CONNEXIONS WITH NEW ZEALAND. SCOTT
UNDERTOOK TO DRAW HIS GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION TO THE ACUTE SITUATION
IN HONG KONG AND TO LET US HAVE AN ANSWER FAIRLY SOON.
3. IT IS, IN OUR VIEW, MOST DOUBTFUL WHETHER THE NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT WILL BE MOVED TO TAKE MORE THAN A SMALL QUOTA OF
REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG OR OTHER SOURCES.
SCOTT
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