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REGISTH: NO.52
22 MAY 1975
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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 461 OF 22 MAY.
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AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG AND CANBERRA.
INFO UKMIS GENEVA, SINGAPORE (SAIGON UNIT) AND UKINS NEW YORK. YOUR TELNO 411 TO HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. · ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT RECEIVED CANBERRA TELNO 433, 1 AGREE WITH THE VIEW IN HONG KONG TELNO 506 THAT THE CHINESE ARE NOT LIKELY TO OBJECT TO UNHCR INVOLVEMENT PROVIDING IT IS NOT TOO
EVIDENT AND UNLESS IT APPEARED TO BE LEADING TO RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT PRESENCE. IT WOULD THEREFORE BE PREFERABLE FOR
THE ICEM CHANNEL TO BE USED.
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IN GENERAL THE CHINESE WILL NOT WANT TO BE SEEN TO GO AGAINST VIETNAMESE WISHES AND IF THE VIETNAMESE DECIDE TO MAKE AN ISSUE OF THE MATTER THE CHINESE MAY WELL FEEL BOUND TO SUPPORT THEM. THUS THE LONGER THE VIETNAMESE STAY IN HONG KONG, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT CHINA MIGHT BE FORCED TO TAKE NOTICE OF THEM AND THE STRONGER THE CASE FOR ACTION TO SEND THEM ON ELSEWHERE NOW. IF MOREOVER THE CHINESE .DO
PROTEST TO US WE CAN SAY TO THEM THAT THEY KNOW PERFECTLY
WELL OUR PROBLEMS IN MATTERS OF THIS KIND AND OUR NEED TO ACT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF WHAT IS POLITICALLY POSSIBLE. IT IS THEREFORE
IN EVERYONE'S INTEREST THAT THE REFUGEES SHOULD BE SETTLED.
ELSEWHERE WITH THE MINIMUM OF FUSS,
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