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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO.264 OF 28/5/75 INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG.
SAVING TO WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA, OTTAWA, UKMIS NEW YORK, CANBERRA, WELLINGTON, DUBLIN, THE HAGUE, LUXEMBOURG, OSLO, PARIS, BRUSSELS, SINGAPORE.
HONG KONG TELNO.1 TO BONN AND FCO TELNO.397 TO HONG KONG :
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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1. ACTION TAKEN WITH MFA ON 24 MAY. THE ITALIAN ECONOMIC SITUA- TION IS DIFFICULT, AND HAS CAUSED THE RETURN OF MANY EMIGRANT WORKERS
FROM ABROAD. THE AUTHORITIES ARE ALSO COPING WITH SOME THOUSANDS
OF ITALIANS REPATRIATED FROM ETHIOPIA. THEY HAVE THEREFORE INSTRUCTED
THEIR CONSUL GENERAL IN HONG KONG THAT, WHILE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR THE 400 SOUTH VIETNAMESE ALREADY IN ITALY TO REMAIN HERE, FURTHER IMMIGRANTS WILL ONLY BE ADMITTED IF THERE IS A PERSON OR
ORGANISATION IN ITALY ABLE AND WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE AND SUPPORT THEM, AND MEET ANY MEDICAL EXPENSES THEY MAY INCURE. (SOME RELIG- IOUS INSTITUTIONS MAY DO THIS). EXCEPTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THIS POLICY FOR REFUGEES WHO HAVE CLOSE RELATIVES IN ITALY. IN CASES OF
HARDSHIP THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT MIGHT AS A LAST RESORT AGREE TO PAY
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION TO ITALY OF REFUGEES IN LAST CATEGORY.
2.・ AS IT WAS NOT CLEAR FROM HONG KONG TUR WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF
THE CONNECTIONS'' WITH ITALY CLAIMED BY REFUGEES IN
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HONG KONGN OR WHETHER THE 18 PREFERENCES WERE ALL EXPRESSED BY REFUGEES WITH SUCH CONNECTIONS, WE WERE UNABLE TO TAKE THE DIS-·
CUSSION FUTHER AT THIS STAGE, IT WOULD IN ANY CASE. PROBABLY
BE BEST CONTINUED IN HONG KONG.
FCO PLEASE PASS ALL SAVING ADDRESSEES.
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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