TNAG-0557-FCO40-652-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 113

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REGISTRY No: $8

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TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 504 OF 21 MAY AND TO PRIORITY BONN, ROME, INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA ROUTINE OTTAWA, SINGAPORE (SAIGON UNIT), UKMIS NEW YORK, CANBERRA, WELLINGTON, DUBLIN, THE HAGUE, LUXEMBOURG, OSLO, PARIS AND

BRUSSELS.

YOUR TELNO 397: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

WE SHALL CONTINUE TO IMPRESS E E C REPRESENTATIVES HERE WITH NEED FOR URGENT HELP IN RESETTLEMENT, FRENCH CONSULATE-GENERAL ARE ACTIVE AND HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE ISSUING CF VISAS FOR 42 REFUGEES. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THEY MAY EVENTUALLY PROVIDE A PERMANENT HOME FOR SOME HUNDREDS IF CULTURAL LINKS WITH FRANCE

ARE PROVED.

2. CANADIANS HAVE ALREADY FLOWN 53 REFUGEES TO CANADA AND EXPECT TO FLY A FURTHER 100 DURING COURSE OF THIS WEEK. AGAIN, CANADIANS LOOK AS THOUGH THEY WILL BE PREPARED TO TAKE SOME HUNDREDS.

3. U.S. CONSULATE-GENERAL HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED PRELIMINARY PROCESSING OF 290 FOR POSSIBLE ENTRY TO THE U.S. THIS IS A DISAPPOINTINGLY LOW FIGURE AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO PRESS AMERICANS LOCALLY TO TAKE MORE. AN IMMIGRATION TEAM FROM GUAM IS WORKING IN THE CAMPS BUT THEY HAVE TO GO ON TO BANGKOK AT THE WEEKEND.

4. AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION ARE EMBARRASSED BY THEIR COUNTRY'S APPARENT RELUCTANCE TO HELP A FELLOW-MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH

BY ACCEPTING REFUGEES FROM HERE.

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