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MY TELNO 296 TO UKMIS GENEVA: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON THE QUOTE
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1. U.S. EMBASSY HAVE INFORMED US THAT THEIR MISSION IN TAIPEI
HAVE DELIVERED OUR GUARANTEE TO TAIWANESE M F A, WHO RESPONDED THAT THEY WERE SYMPATHETIC BUT COULD NOT AGREE TO TAKE THE GROUP SINCE THE REFUGEE CAMPS. IN TAIWAN WERE ALREADY FILLED TO CAPACITY. THEY WOULD, HOWEVER, FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS, CONSIDER ALLOWING IMMEDIATE TRANSIT FACILITIES, MEANWHILE, VESSEL IS LOSING DISCHARGING TIME AT CONSIDERABLE COST AND OWNERS ARE PRESSING US TO IMPROVE ON OUR GUARANTEE.
2. U.S. CHARGE IN TAIPEI IS TO APPROACH TAIWANESE AGAIN, THIS TIME AT VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LEVEL, TO TRY TO PERSUADE THEM TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS.
3. U.S. EMBASSY IN TAIWAN COMMENTED THAT IT MIGHT HELP IF THE QUOTE AVON FOREST UNQUOTE GROUP COULD BE MOVED QUICKLY TO HONG KONG AS WAS PREVIOUSLY AGREED. THEY CONFIRMED TAIWANESE CAMPS WERE ALREADY OVERCROWDED. U.S. MISSION IN HONG KONG HAVE SINCE REPORTED THE ICE M HAVE NOW ARRANGED FOR QUOTE AVON FOREST UNQUOTE REFUGEES TO FLY TO HONG KONG ON 9 OCTOBER.
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