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FM HONG KONG 111510Z JAN 79
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 88 OF 11 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON.
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, CANBERRA, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE,
BANGKOK, MODUK, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
INFO SAVING HANOI.
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MY TELNO 86 HUEY FONG: MEETING ABOARD HMS BEACHAMPTON.
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1. THE UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE HAD A SECOND MEETING TODAY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REFUGEES AND THE MASTER, ON THE SAME BASIS
AS THE MEETING ON 5 JANUARY (SEE MY TELNO 41). RASANAYAGAM DOES NOT INTEND TO PUBLICISE THIS MEETING NOR TO ISSUE A STATEMENT. IF ASKED, HE (AND WE) WILL SIMPLY CONFIRM THAT THE MEETING TOOK
PLACE, ADDING, IF PRESSED, THAT HE BRIEFED THE REFUGEES ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S (HKG) REFUSAL TO ALLOW THE REFUGEES TO LAND FOLLOWING AN APPEAL BY THE UNHCR,
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2. RASANAYAGAM TOLD THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE HKG'S POSITION, MENTIONING THAT A RECENT APPEAL BY THE UNHCR HAD BEEN REJECTED (MY TELNO 64, NOT TO ALL). HE BRIEFED THE REFUGEES ON WHAT IS KNOWN OF POLICY IN TAIWAN: AND CITED MOVEMENT OF MORE THAT 200 REFUGEES FROM TAIWAN TO THE US AS EVIDENCE
OF THE PROSPECTS OF RESETTLEMENT FROM TAIWAN. HE ALSO REFERRED TO THE OFFER OF 250 PLACES TO THE 'HUEY FONG' REFUGEES BY FRANKFURT
AND THE HKG'S REJECTION OF IT, ADDING THAT THE OFFER REMAINED AVAILABLE IF THE SHIP WENT TO TAIWAN: AND, THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT FURTHER OFFERS WOULD BE FORTHCOMING.
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