TNAG-0557-FCO40-652-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 87

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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 451 OF 22 MAY AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA, SINGAPORE (SAIGON UNIT), UKMIS NEW YORK.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 411 TO HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER MR WHITLAM WOULD ACCEPT ICEM'S ACTING AS UNHCA'S AGENT. ON FACE OF IT HE MIGHT BUT DFA OFFICIAL WHOM WE HAVE SOUNDED WOULD NOT COMMENT. HE HAS UNDERTAKEN TO TRY TO FIND OUT BUT DOUBTS IF IT CAN BE DONE RAPIDLY.

JAMES

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