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TELEGRAM NUMBER 29 (AMENDED VERSION) OF 25 JANUARY
INFO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO SAVING HANOI
201
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 36 TO CANBERRA: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. I ACTED TODAY WITH RESPONSIBLE MFA OFFICIAL (HEAD OF ASIAN
AND AFRICAN DEPARTMENT). ULLMAN ASSURED ME AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT WAS ENTIRELY SYMPATHETIC, BUT IFT HAD JUST DECIDED IN DECEMBER TO TAKE 100 MORE REFUGEES (HAVING TAKEN ABOUT 250 PREVIOUSLY)
FROM MALAYSIA AND THAILAND WHERE AUSTRIANS BELIEVED PRESSURE WAS GREATEST. CANDIDATES FOR THIS QUOTA HAD ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AND ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME FLEXIBILITY, THIS WAS INTENDED TO
DE FOR DEPENDANTS OF THOSE ALREADY ACCEPTED. ANY FURTHER QUOTA
WOULD REQUIRE A FRESH GOVERNMENT DECISION, WHICH ULLMAN THOUGHT
IT UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT AT PRESENT. AUSTRIA FELT IT WAS NOW
UP TO SOME OTHER COUNTRIES WITH MORE OBVIOUS CAPACITY TO DO THEIR BIT. HOWEVER, HE WOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE HONG KONG PROBLEM AND SEE IT WAS CONSIDERED IF A FURTHER QUOTA BECAME POSSIBLE.
PCO PASS SAVING TO HANOI
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