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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 161 OF 22 MAY, 1975 AND TO PRIORITY HONG
.KONG INFO WASHINGTON INFO SAVING STOCKHOLM PARIS OTTAWA CANBERRA
AND WELLINGTON.
MY TELEGRAM NO 154: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. MIFT CONTAINS THE ENGLISH TEXT OF A PRESS RELEASE WHICH
THE FOREIGN MINISTRY WAS DUE TO ISSUE AT 1500 LOCAL TIME TODAY.
2. IN GIVING US AN ADVANCE COPY LORENZ PETERSEN SAID THAT THE
THIRD PARAGRAPH WAS TO BE REGARDED AS THE DANISH RESPONSE TO
THE REPRESENTATIONS REPORTED IN MY TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE.
HEAD OF CHANCERY EXPRESSED APPRECIATION. LORENZ PETERSEN
ADDED THAT INTERDEPARTMENTAL CONSIDERATION OF THE MODALITIES
HAD NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED. BUT THE DANISH AUTHORITIES MIGHT
NEED TO SEND SOMEONE TO HONG KONG TO CARRY CUT INTERVIEWS
AMONG REFUGEES. EXPRESSING A PREFERENCE FOR SETTLEMENT IN DENMARK.
THE 35 PERSONS MENTIONED IN HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 1 TO COPENHAGEN
WOULD BE OBVIOUS, CANDIDATES BUT LORENZ PETERSEN HAD NOT YET
RECEIVED THE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THEM GIVEN TO THE DANISH
HONORARY CONSUL GENERAL IN HONG KONG (THE LATTER HAS NOT SO FAR
BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SINCE HIS RETURN TO
COPENHAGEN).
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