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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
AR BURLEIGH
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2 FEB 1979
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LONDON
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HOME OFFICE QUDEN ANNE'S GATE
HOME OFFICE
LUNAR HOUSE CROYDON
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MR. MURRAY.
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1. I SPOKE ACCORDINGLY TO THE DANISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON 22 JANUARY, LEAVING WITH HIM A SPEAKING NOTE. HIS IMMEDIATE REACTION. HAS THAT DENMARK HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED A QUOTA FOR REFUGEES AND INTENDED TO EARMARK 158 PLACES FOR BOAT PEOPLE THIS YEAR ( CF MY TEL NO 444 OF 8 DECEMBER ). I SAID WE HOPED THEY COULD
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2. THIS REACTION WAS PROVISIONALLY CONFIRMED WHEN WE FOLLOWED UP ON 26 JANUARY WITH THE HEAD OF THE RELEVANT MFA DEPARTMENT THOUGH HE SAID THAT THE MATTER WOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION CF DANISH MINISTERS. ABRAHAMSON ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE DANISH GOVERNMENT ONLY LAST MONTH REVISED ITS POLICY TO THE EXTENT OF MAKING A COMMITMENT IN RESPECT OF GENUINE REFUGEES PICKED UP BY A DANISH REGISTERED VESSEL. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THERE IS LITTLE PROSPECT OF AM IMMEDIATE OFFER OF ADDITIONAL HELF FROM DENMARK ALTHOUGH WE UNDERSTAND IN CONFIDENCE THAT INTER DEPARTMENTAL DELIBERATIONS ON THIS GERERAL PROBLEM ARE STILL IN PROGRESS AND THE MEA AT LEAST WOULD LIKE TO OBTAIN HORE
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