TNAG-0587-FCO40-720-Aid-from-UK-for-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 123

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INFO UKMIS GENEVA, TOKYO, HONG KONG

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TOKYO TELEGRAM NO 871

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: MS MATHER

1. PLEASE INFORM STATE DEPARTMENT OF OUR UNDERTAKING TO THE JAPANESE WHICH HAS ENABLED THE REFUGEES TO BE LANDED SAFELY, WE GREATLY HOPE THAT AMERICANS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO PROCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THE APPLICATIONS OF REFUGEES WHO HAVE ASKED TO GO TO THE USA. IF AMERICANS REVIVE SUGGESTION THAT PROCESSING CAN ONLY TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG, YOU COULD POINT OUT LOGISTIC PROBLEMS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED, AND DRAW ON INFORMATION IN PARAGRAPH 2, LAST SENTENCE, OF THE TOKYO TELEGRAM.

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