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FM MONN 231015Z JAN 79
TO IORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 75 OF 23 JANUARY
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG (GOVORNOR)
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YOUR TEL NO 36 OF 19 JANUARY: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
JCZE
1. MEMBER OF CHANCERY SPOKE TO MFA DESK OFFICER ALONG LINES
OF PARA 1-3 OF T.U.R. HE EMPHASISED THAT FRG WAS ALREADY
MAKING A CONTRIBUTION FOR WHICH HMG AND HONG KONG AUTHORITIES WERE MOST GRATEFUL. NONETHELESS, WE WISHED TO REGISTER WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE SCALE OF THE REMAINING PROBLEM.
2. DR HEIDE-BLOECH WAS GRATEFUL TO BE CONSULTED AND SYMPATHETIC
TO THE POINTS IN PARA 4 AND 7 OF T.U.R. SHE SAID FRG FOLLOWED POLICY OF HELPING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN EXISTING CAMPS IN PHILIPINES, MALAYSIA AND THAILAND AS WELL AS HONG KONG.SOME PRIORITY
WAS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO HAD ALREADY RELATIVES IN THE FRG (PRESENTLY 600 APPLICATIONS IN THIS CATAGORY) BUT THAT IF ACCEPTED (AS WAS LIKELY IN MOST CASES) THESE WOULD BE TREATED SEPERATELY FROM THE CURRENT OFFER TO TAKE 100
PLUS 250. THE 600 WERE NOT ALL FROM HONG KONG.
3. THE AUSWAERTIGES AMT ADVISED THE CITY AUTHORITIES IN FRANKFURT TO SEND OUT A REPRESENTATIVE TO HONG KONG IMMEDIATELEY. AS
FOR THE 100 WHO THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT ARE TAKING, THE DESK OFFICER SAID THAT 38 WOULD LEAVE HONG KONG ON 5 FEBRUARY, 22 ON 7 FEBRUARY AND 40 ON 19 FEBRUARY.
4. SHE CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS QUOTE EVERY POSSIBILITY UNQUOTE
THAT MORE GERMAN ASSISTANCE WOULD BE FORTHCOMING BUT THEY COULD NOT COMMIT THEMSELVES TO NUMBERS LONG BEFOREHAND, AS UNHCR WOULD LIKE. THE MAIN REASON WAS THAT THE FRG DOES NOT HAVE A
LIMIT ON MIGRATION BY ETHNIC GERMANS FROM EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THUS CANNOT ANTICIPATE ITS ABILITY TO TAKE IN LARGE NUMBERS.
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