TNAG-0792-FCO40-996-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 265

CONFIDENTAL

4. WITH THESE LATEST ARRIVALS WE NOW HAVE 1245 REFUGEES AWAI RESETTLEMENT. MOST OF THE EXTRA ACCOMMODATION ARRANGED BY SAMPATXUMAR (MY TELNO.723) IS ALREADY FILLED AND HIS DEPUTY, CARPENTER (WHO ARRIVED HERE ON 4 JULY), HAS THE ADDITIONAL BURDEN OF PROCESSING REFUGEES WHO ARRIVED SINCE UNHCR TOOK BACK THIS JOB FROM ICEM, WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT THE NEW U.S REFUGEE PROGRAMME SEEMS LIKELY TO CREATE A GROWING

BACKLOG. WE ARE WRITING SEPARATELY ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

SEAD

UND

HRED (6)

FED

د تا آرام

OID

NEWS D

PS

PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

Psipus S

SIR A

DUFF

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR

WEIR

2

CONFIDENTAL