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INFO ROME, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

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ROME TELNO 59 TO FCO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. ITALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL HAS TOLD US, IN RESPONSE TO POLITICAL

ADVISER'S APPEAL OF 22 JANUARY (MY TELNO 152) THAT A LANDOWNER IN PESARO PROVINCE IS PREPARED TO TAKE A FAMILY OF 5 - 8 VIETNAMESE AND LOOK AFTER THEM ON HIS FARM FOR A YEAR, PRIOR TO FINAL

SETTLEMENT IN ITALY.

2. THE NUMBER IS OF COURSE INSIGNIFICANT. HOWEVER, THE ITA. LIAN CONSUL-GENERAL HAS EMPHASISED THAT IT IS A BREAK FROM PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT POLICY TO ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO OFFER TO TAKE REFUGEES

IN THIS WAY. HE HOPES IT WILL BE THE FORERUNNER OF FURTHER OFFERS.

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