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INFO PRIORITY TOKYO, ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA HONG KONG INFO SAVING OTTAWA.
YOUR TELNO. 2112: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: MS MATHER,
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1. ACTION TAKEN WITH CUSHING (INDO-CHINA REFUGEE PROGRAMS OFFICE, STATE DEPARTMENT) ON 1 OCTOBER. CUSHING SAID THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONSIDER THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE APPLICANTS PROMPTLY, WITHIN THE CONSTRAINT IMPOSED BY THE LIMITED NUMBER OF PLACES STILL AVAILABLE IN THE EXPANDED PAROLE PROGRAM.
2. HE DID NOT REVERT TO THE SUGGESTION THAT THESE PARTICULAR REFUGEES SHOULD BE PROCESSED IN HONG KONG. BUT SINCE BOTH THE EXPANDED PAROLE AND P7 PROGRAMS ARE OPERATED THERE, REFUGEES LANDED INITIALLY AT HONG KONG STAND A GREATER CHANCE OF GAINING ENTRY INTO THE US THAN THOSE LANDED ELSEWHERE. IF WE ACCEPT ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REFUGEES PICKED UP BY BRITI SH REGISTERED VESSELS, THIS POINT WILL BE WORTH BEARING IN MIND IF BRITISH VESSELS PICK UP REFUGEES IN FUTURE.
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