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TELEGRAM NUMBER 13 OF 26 JANUARY
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA AND GOVERNOR, HONG KONG INFO SAVING WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, WELLINGTON, OSLO, VIENNA, BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE, DUBLIN, COPENHAGEN, BONN, BUENOS AIRES, BRASILIA, TOKYO, HANOI, CANBERRA,
YOUR TELNO 36 TO CANBERRA: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
SECOND SECRETARY SPOKE TO CHAPATTE, HEAD OF REFUGEES SECTION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND POLICE, AND LEFT SPEAKING NOTE
1.
BASED ON PARAS 1 4 OF TUR.
2. CHAPATTE SAID THERE WERE ALREADY 1500 REFUGEES OF VIETNAMESE
AND KAMPUCHEAN ORIGIN IN SWITZERLAND, 310 OF WHOM HAD ARRIVED
FROM THAILAND AND MALAYSIA SINCE 21 DECEMBER 1973, INCLUDING 50
ONLY TWO DAYS AGO. THERE WAS A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER SWITZERLAND
COULD PROCESS AND SETTLE IN A SHORT TIME, ESPECIALLY AS SOME
VERY LARGE FAMILIES ARE INVOLVED.
3. CHAPATTE EXPLAINED THAT SWITZERLAND PLANS TO RECEIVE 40
TO 63 REFUGEES FROM SOUTH EAST ASIA EVERY THREE MONTHS DURING 1979. AS IN THE PAST, THIS PROGRAMME WILL BE CLOSELY COORDINATED
WITH UNHCR WHOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHICH TEMPORARY HAVEN
REFUGEES SHOULD BE DRAWN FROM WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. OUR
PRESENT REQUEST TO HELP RELIEVE CONGESTION IN HONG KONG WILL BE · GIVEN DUE WEIGHT,
FCO PLEASE PASS TO SAV ING ADDRESSEES.
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YOUR TELNO 31: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. YOU WILL BY NOW HAVE RECEIVED MY TELNO 13 WHICH SHOULD GIVE YOU ENOUGH ARGUMENTS FOR APPROACHING THE BRUNEIS-WITH SOME HOPE OF PERSUADING THEM NOT TO SEND THE REFUGEES AWAY.
2. BUT IF (YOUR PARA 4) THE SULTAN SHOULD SUGGEST THAT THESE REFUGEES MIGHT BE PUT WITH THE GURKHAS, YOU SHOULD REPLY THAT THIS COULD NOT BE DONE FOR THE REASONS IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF YOUR PARA 4. WE HOPE THAT ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS THE BRUNE! GOVERNMENT CAN AGREE TO OTHER ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE BUT IF YOU You REACH A DEADLOCK PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY.
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FM WASHINGTON 262395Z JAN 79
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 356 OF 26 JANUARY
INFO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG
20YOUR TELNO 36 TO CANBERRA: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. ACTION TAKEN. CUSHING (DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF REFUGEE AND MIGRATION AFFAIRS) EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR OUR POLICY OVER REFUGEES
IN HONG KONG AND NOTED CUR APPRECIATION FOR US ASSISTANCE.
2. HE SAID THE US HAD ALREADY DECIDED TO MAKE EVERY CEFORT TO ASSIGN A FURTHER 500-600 SPACES IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS FOR HONG
KONG REFUGEES UNDER THEIR CONDITIONAL ENTRY PROGRAMME. HE
EMPHASISED THAT THIS INFORMATION WAS FOR HMG AND THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE REVEALED. THE US DID NOT INTEND
TO INFORM UNHCR AND CUSHING ASKED THAT WE SHOULD NOT EITHER.
3.' THE US ARE RELUCTANT TO GO ON RECORD BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE
CERTAIN THAT AS MANY AS 500 WILL BE ADMITTED. THEY ALSO DO NOT
WISH TO ENCOURAGE THE VIEW THAT THE US IS PREPARED TO ABSORB
MORE REFUGEES.
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