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TELEGRAM NUMBER 26 OF 30 JANUARY 1979

INFO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

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MY TELNO 22 OF 24 JANUARY: VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES.

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1. DAEHLIN CONFIRMED TO ME TODAY THAT NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT POSITION IS THAT NORWAY CAN ACCEPT ONLY THOSE REFUGEES PICKED UP BY NORWEGIAN SHIPS WHO COULD NOT BE RESETTLED ELSEWHERE PLUS OTHER REFUGEES WITH CLOSE RELATIONS IN NORWAY. A CLOSE RELATIVE IS DEFINED AS MINOR CHILD

OR A SPOUSE. THE NORWEGIAN CONSUL GENERAL IN HONG KONG WAS SO

INFORMED ON 23 JANUARY,

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