GP340
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER CAT A
FM WASHINGTON 181634Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTAL
HKK 243/1
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RECEIVED IN REGIS 140. 51 2 2 AUG 1978
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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 3279 OF 18 AUGUST 1973
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, OTTAWA, PEKING; UKMIS GENEVA
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MY TELNO 3245: VITAMESE REFUGEES: "" AVON FOREST''
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10 STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE NOW TOLD US THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO ACCEDE TO OUR REQUEST FOR TRANSIT FACILITIES THEY FEAR THAT IF THEY WERE TO PERMIT THE REFUGEES TO LAND HERE THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO GET RID OF THEM, NO MATTER WHAT UNDERTAKINGS WERE GIVEN BY US THEY THINK IT HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE REFUGEES THEMSELVES WOULD REFUSE TO LEAVE AND IN THE ENSURING PUBLICITY HERE, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO DEPORT THEN THEY HAVE POINTED OUT THAT IN THEIR EXPERIENCE, ONCE AN UNDERTAKING HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE COUNTRY OF ULTIMATE DESTINATION TO ACCEPT REFUGEES, THE AUTHORITIES AT THE FIRST PORT OF CALL DO NOT USUALLY INSIST ON IMMEDIATE EVACUATIONS THEY WOULD BE SURPRISED IF; AFTER GIVING THE TAIWANESE AUTHORITIES AN ASSURANCE THAT THE REFUGEES WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE UOKO IF HOMES CANNOT BE FOUND FOR THEM ELSEWHERE, THE TAIWANESE DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO STAY FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS,
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