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TELEGRAM NUMBER 29 OF 23 JANUARY 1979

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INFO HONG KONG AND THE HOLY SEE

VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES

1. WE CALLED ON UNHCR TODAY AND LEFT AIDE MEMOIRES BASED ON THE POINTS IN YOUR TELNOS 11 TO US AND 36 TO CANBERRA, THEIR

INITIAL RESPONSE WAS THAT:-

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(A) UNHCR WOULD CONTINUE TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF GOVERNMENTS TO HÙNG KONG'S PLIGHT, BUT THAT NO ONE COUNTRY OR TERRITORY IN THE REETON COULD BE GIVEN ABSOLUTE PRIORITY OVER ANOTHER FOR

RESETTLEMENT PLACES:

(3) THEY HAD NOT YET DECIDED THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS ICEM ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE IN TAIWAN:

(C) THEY WERE ALREADY ENCOURAGING ICEM TO USE THEIR SELECTIVE

MIGRATION PROGRAMME TO LATIN AMERICA:

(D) UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES IN LATIN AMERICA WERE ALREADY IN TOUCH WITH THE BISHOPS OVER THE MEXICO CONFERENCE.

2. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS UNHCR ON THESE POINTS AND INFORM YOU OF THEIR FURTHER REACTIONS.

MURRAY

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