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FM PARIS 221622Z JAN 73
TO İMMEDIATE FCO
TELMO 66 OF 22 JANUARY 1979
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA.
YOUR TELNO 38: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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1. ACTION TAKEN BY MEMBER OF CHANCERY WITH ENFOUX, HEAD OF THE FUNCTIONAL DEPARTMENT AT THE QUAI D'ORSAY RESPONSIBLE FOR REFUGEES. ENFOUX SAID THAT, ACCORDING TO HIS INFORMATION, ONLY 84 OF THE REFUGEES FROM THE HUEY FONG HAD ASKED TO COME TO FRANCE # THEY WOULD CONSIDER THESE APPLICATIONS SYMPATHETICALLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL POLICY ON REFUGEES FROM INDO-CHINA WHICH HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED IN 1975. FRANCE WAS HARD PRESSED TO MEET HER OBLIGATION TO RE-SETTLE ALL THOSE WHO QUALIFIED, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE HAD STEPPED UP HER EFFORTS TO SEEK OUT SUCH PEOPLE AMONG THE REFUGEES IN THAILAND AND MALAYSIA. ENFOUX EXPRESSED SYMPATHY FOR THE DIFFICULT SITUATION WHICH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FACED, BUT HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE FRENCH WOULD ADMIT ALL THOSE IN HONG KONG WHO MET THE CRITERIA APPLIED SINCE 1975, THEY COULD NOT (NOT) MAKE ANY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO TAKE MORS.
HENDERSON.
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HK & CD
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PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBENTS PS/ER LUARD
PS/PUS
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MR COFTAZZI
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HR WEER
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MR MURRAY
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COPTES TO
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IR BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE
MR BIRT
LONDON
QUEEN ANNE'S CATE HOME OFFICE
LUNAR HOUSE CROYDON
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