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FM HONG KONG 011145Z DEC 78

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TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1382 OF 1 DECEMBER

FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR MORGAN UND FROM APA.

UNHCR CONSULTATIONS ON INDO-CHINA REFUGEES.

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1. I REGRET THAT DUE TO PRESSURE OF WORK IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE

TO SEND THE PROMISED BACKGROUND MEMORANDUM BY BAG THIS WEEK,

NOR TO GIVE YOU OUR VIEWS ON THE CONSULTATIONS. WE SHALL SEND THE

LATTER BY TELEGRAM NEXT MONDAY OR TUESDAY.

2. THE MEMORANDUM WILL FOLLOW BY TELEGRAM OR BAG DEPENDING ON

LENGTH AND ON YOUR NEEDS. IN ANY EVENT WE INTEND TO SEND BY TELEGRAM PARAS COVERING HONG KONG'S CONTRIBUTION TO TACKLING THE

OVERALL PROBLEM (PEOPLE FROM INDO-CHINA ALLOWED TO STAY HERE PERMANENTLY SINCE 1975 AND THE HK GOVERNMENT'S MATERIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORTS OVER BOAT REFUGEES) AND THE UK'S CONTRIB- UTION (AS SEEN FROM HERE) TOWARDS TACKLING THE PROBLEM IN HONG

KONG.

3. WE WOULD FIND IT VERY USEFUL TO KNOW TOMORROW OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS POSSIBLE (IF NECESSARY ON A PERSONAL BASIS):

A. THE PROBABLE COMPOSITION OF THE UK DELEGATION:

B. THE CHANCES OF THE UK MAKING AN OFFER AT THE CONSULTATIONS TO

TAKE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF BOAT REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG

(AND ELSEWHERE).

4. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CHECK THAN ANY POINTS MADE RECENTLY

BY OTHER POSTS (OR TO YOU BY MISSIONS IN LONDON) WHICH MIGHT AFFECT OUR APPROACH TO THE CONSULTATIONS HAVE BEEN COPIED TO US.

MACLEHOSE

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MILL CORTAZZI MR WEIR MR MURRAY MRFIGG

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