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TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 195 OF 30 MAY INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG AND INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, PEKING, SINGAPORE (SAIGON UNIT), UKMIS NEW YORK
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YOUR TELS. NOS. 361 AND 365: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: UNHCR INVOLVEMENT.
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PLEASE INFORM JAEGER THAT WE SEE NO OBJECTION
TO KADRY PAYING A VISIT TO HONG KONG TO DISCUSSE THE QUESTION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES THERE WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, PROVIDED THIS IS DONE WITHOUT PUBLICITY IN ORDER TO AVOID UNDESIR- ABLE POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS WHICH COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT
ON THE SUCCESSFUL RESETTLEMENT OF THE REFUGEES,
2. WE THINK YOU MIGHT ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM THE WHHCR THAT, IN THE INTERESTS OF FINDING NEW HOMES FOR THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AS QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE, WE AND THE HONG KONG COVERNMENT HAVE MADE DIRECT APPROACHES TO A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES, SEEKING THEIR HELP IN RESETTLEMENT. WE THINK THIS APPROACH IS FULLY CONSISTENT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE APPEAL MADE BY THE UNHCR TO A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTS, WE HOPE INDEED THAT OUR EFFORTS AND THOSE OF THE UNHCR WILL BE
MUTUALLY REINFORCING: THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO RESETTLE THE REFUGEES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE HONG KONG COVERNMENT WILL NO DOUBT EXPLAIN TO MR KADRY WHAT THEY ARE DOING, WE HOPE THAT THE UTHOR WILL, FOR HIS PART, USE HIS UNDOUBTED INFLUENCE TO ENCOURAGE GOVERNMENTS WHO HAVE SHOW!! A READINESS TO RESPOND
TO HIS APPEAL TO CONSIDER TAKING SOME OF THE REFUGEES NOW IN HONG KONG.
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