TNAG-0881-FCO40-1091-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 11

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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG 220900Z FEB 79

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

HKK 243/

23 FEB 1979

TELNO.307 OF 22 FEBRUARY,

አላ

J23.2

INFO PRIORITY: KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, MANILA,

BANGKOK, UKMIS GENEVA,

4400

ROUTINE : HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

YOUR TELNO.170 (NOT TO ALL) : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. SAMPATKUMAR, UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE IN KUALA LUMPUR, AND MOCHTAR, THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, HAVE BOTH BEEN BRIEFLY IN HONG KONG. THE LATTER HAS BEEN PROMOTING THE TRANSIT CENTRE SCHEME IN ASEAN COUNTRIES.

2. IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONER, SAMPATKUMAR SAYS HE WAS TOLD BY MOCHTAR THAT:

(1)

PROVIDING HE CAN GET HIS PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL, MOCHTAR ¡NTENDS TO CALL A MEETING IN JAKARTA IN 3-4 WEEKS TO DISCUSS THE TRANSIT CENTRE SCHEME. MEMBERS OF ASEAN AND REPRESENTATIVES OF RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES WILL BE INVITED, AND

(11) THE PHILIPPINES ARE PREPARED TO OFFER A FURTHER ISLAND THEMSELVES, PROVIDING THAT THEY CAN GET GUARANTEES. FOR ONWARD RESETTLEMENT AND MAKE ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR POLICING AND

ADMINISTRATION.

MACLEHOSE

F

TLAS

HKYGD

UND

SEAD

FED

SAD

EID (E)

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS.D

MVD

PS

PS/LORD GORONNG ROBERTS PS/MR LUARD

PSIPUS

SIR A BUA

SIL A PARSONS

MA CERTAZZI

HL LEANY

MR MURRAY

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COPIES TO: HONG KONG Govr

OFFICE LONDON