TNAG-0793-FCO40-997-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 37

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FM UKMIS GENEVA 351423Z DEC 78

UNCLASSIFIED

DES BY 051733Z FCO

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 998 OF 35/12/78

HKK 243/1 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY AD

1 1 DEC 1978

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG WASHINGTON

INFO SAVING

UKMIS NEW YORK VIENTIANE BANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR

UNHCR CONSULTATIONS ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES

1. FOLLOWING IS LATEST STATE OF PLAY. 28 COUNTRIES OF WHOM 19

WILL HAVE DELEGATIONS LED BY THEIR MISSIONS HAVE SO FAR ACCEPTED

INVITATIONS TO ATTEND. OTHER DELEGATIONS WILL BE LED AS FOLLOWS:-

AUSTRALIA: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION

CANADA: DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY, MEA

FRANCE: CHEF DU SERVICE DES CONVENTIONS ADMINISTRATIVES, QUAI

JAPAN: DIRECTOR GENERAL UN BUREAU, MEA

NEW ZEALAND: ASSISTANT SECRETARY, DEPT OF LABOUR

PHILIPPINES: DIRECTOR GENERAL, CONSULAR AFFAIRS, MEA

SWITZERLAND: DIRECTOR OF POLICE DIVISION, FEDERAL DEPT OF JUSTICE THAILAND: SECRETARY-GENERAL, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

US: UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, POLITICAL AFFAIRS

2. SIXTEEM COUNTRIES (BRAZIL, CHINA, COLOMBIA, FRE, GREECE, INDONESIA, ITALY, LEBANON, LIBERIA, MADAGASCAR, MALAYSIA, PANAMA, UGANDA, TANZANIA, VIETNAM AND YUGOSLAVIA) HAVE YET TO REPLY ALTHOUGH MALAYSIA HAVE INDICATED INFORMALLY TO UNHCR THAT THEIR DELEGATION

ILL BE AT A HIGH LEVEL.

MURRAY

FILES

UND

SEAD

HRGD

PS

PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

PS/MR LUARD

PS/PUS

MR WEIR

MR MURRAY

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