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TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 433 OF 16 MAY REPEATED INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE, SAVING INFO WELLINGTON WASHINGTON AND PEKING
MY TEL NO 429:
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
1. IN REPLY TO PQ IN SENATE YESTERDAY (TEXT AVAILABLE ONLY TODAY), SENATOR WILLESEE (FOREIGN MINISTER) SAID AUSTRALIA WAS FOLLOWING UP EARLIER INITIATIVES WITH UNHCR WHO HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM. UNHCR HAD REPRESENTATIVE IN SINGAPORE BUT HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE ELSE. ''WE HAD CABLED HIM TELLING HIM THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE REFUGEES WHO ARE IN HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE ARE UNDER HIS CARE AND
I HAVE ASKED HIM WHAT HE WOULD LIKE US TO DO ABOUT THIS MATTER. WOULD THINK THAT WHEN HE PUTS US INTO THE PICTURE THE NEXT THING WE WOULD DO WOULD BE TO SEND TEAMS TO GOHTHROUGH THE NORMAL PROCEDURES TO GET THE MOST SUITABLE TYPES OF PEOPLE TO MAKE A
HE THOUGHT LIFE IN AUSTRALIA. WE HAVE NOT FIXED ANY NOMBERS.'' CANADA WAS THE ONLY COUNTRY TO HAVE FIXED A NUMBER ON THIS OCCASION: NO PREVIOUS AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAD EVER DONE SO IN SIMILAR
SITUATIONS.
FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING TO WELLINGTON WASHINGTON PEKING JAMES
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