TNAG-0653-FCO40-802-Previously-closed-extract-Folio-87.-Now-released-and-reunite-1977 — Page 202

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INFO HONG KONG OTTAWA TOKYO'

UNHCR APPEAL: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. PLEASE INFORM UNHCO THAT, IN RESPONSE TO THE DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER'S APPEAL OF 28 JULY 1976, HMG HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE UP TO 116 CASES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. ALL SUCH REFUGEES MUST BE

PERSONALLY ACCEPTABLE TO HMG.

2. YOU SHOULD POINT OUT THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THE MAJORITY OF

THOSE IN THE ABOVE CATEGORY ACCEPTED INTO THE UK TO COME FROM SMALL

BCAT REFUGEES LANDED AT HONG KONG. YOU SHOULD ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR

THAT ANY OF THE REFUGEES LANDED IN JAPAN BY THE SS MATHER AND

ACCEPTED INTO THE UK WILL COUNT AGAINST THE TOTAL OF 116 CASES ABOVE.

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