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INFO SAVING WASHINGTON HONG KONG HANOI SINGAPORE BANGKOK JAKARTA
KUALA LUMPUR CANBERRA OTTAWA MANILA,
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YOUR TELNO 344 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,
2.
1. WE ARE GATHERING COMMENTS ON THE UNHCR PAPER (ABOUT THE PROPOSED REFUGEE PROCESSING CENTRE) FROM INTERESTED WHITEHALL DEPARTMENTS AND WILL LET YOU HAVE VIEWS AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
MEANWHILE YOU MAY TELL DE HAAN, IF YOU WISH, THAT, ON FAMILY REUNIFICATION CASES, THE HOME OFFICE WILL BE CONTENT TO GIVE SYMPATHETIC CONSIDERATION TO SUCH APPLICATIONS (MADE EITHER
THROUGH RELATIVES HERE OR THROUGH THE UNHCR OFFICES IN VIETNAM
OR ELSEWHERE). THERE WOULD BE NO LIMITATION ON THE NUMBERS OF SUCH CASES WHO COULD BE ADMITTED THOUGH IN PRACTICE THESE ARE
UNLIKELY TO BE NUMEROUS.
3*
ANY PEOPLE SO ADMITTED TO THE UK WOULD FALL OUTSIDE THE 1,508 QUOTA FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, THOUGH THEIR CASES WOULD BE DEALT WITH AS THOUGH THEY WERE THEMSELVES REFUGEES (NOT IMMIGRANTS),
40 THE HOME OFFICE ESTIMATE THERE ARE SOME 100 PEOPLE STILL INSIDE VIETNAM (RELATIVES OF REFUGEES ALREADY HERE) WHO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR RESETTLEMENT HERE BUT WHO HAVE BEEN UNABLE SO FAR
TO LEAVE VIETNAM. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER
THE NEW EDICT OF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT (HANOI TELNO 26 NOT TO OTTAWA) WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO LEAVE.
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MR JC MOBERLY
MR MURRAY
MR LEAHY
MR BURLEIGH
HOME OFFICE
QUEEN ANNE'S GATE
MR BIRT
HOME OFFICE
LUNAR HOUSE
CROYDON
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