TNAG-0559-FCO40-654-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 46

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GRS 199

PRIORITY

CYPHER CAT/A

FM HONG KONG 1607402

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RECEIVED IN

REGISTRY NO. 51 17 OCT 1975

HKKI82-

TO PRIORITY MVD FCO TELEGRAM NO VISA 69 OF 16 OCTOBER.

FOLLOWING FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.

ADMISSION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES TO THE U.K.

LACT

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F C O TELEGRAM NO 779 OF 10 OCTOBER.

NEXT

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REF.

DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THERE WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL MOVEMENTS OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG TO THE U.S.A. SOME WHO APPLIED FOR ENTRY TO THE U.K. HAVE SINCE MADE CONTACT WITH RELATIVES IN U.S.A. AND HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED THERE. THE FINAL NUMBER FOR THE U.K. MAY BE LESS THAN 150.

AS YOU HAVE THE NAMES OF ALL REFUGEES INVOLVED I ASSUME YOU WILL INFORM ME WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO IF ANY ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE ARRANGING SECURITY CHECKS HERE.

SUBJECT TO THESE CHECKS WE INTEND TO ISSUE LETTERS OF AUTHORITY

TO THE REFUGEES TO TRAVEL TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. THESE LETTERS WILL.

CONTAIN PERSONAL PARTICULARS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.

U.N.H.C.R. REPRESENTATIVE HERE CONFIRMS THAT TRANSPORTATION

COSTS CAN BE MET IN PRINCIPLE BY THE HIGH COMMISSION SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. WHEN HE CAN CONFIRM THAT FUNDS ARE

AVAILABLE WE INTEND TO ASK 1.C.E.M. TO ARRANGE MOVEMENTS AND TO

RECOVER COSTS FROM U.N.H.C.R.

WE WILL INFORM YOU OF DATES OF FLIGHTS AS SOON AS THESE ARE ARRANGED AND WILL SEND LIST OF NAMES ON EACH FLIGHT BY TELEGRAM SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE.

GRATEFUL FOR URGENT CONFIRMATION THAT THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE

ACCEPTABLE.

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