TNAG-0881-FCO40-1091-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 34

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FM COPENHAGEN 2016052 FEB 79

TO PRIORITY FCO

TEL NO 56 OF 20 FEB

HKK 243/1 Ник

970

NO. 51.

REGATRY

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INDEX

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No

У ніг

Cas

40D

INFO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG UKMIS NEW YORK

265

MY TEL NO 281 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. THE PROVISIONAL DANISH REACTIONS GIVEN IN MY TUR HAVE NOW BEEN CONFIRMED. THE OVERALL 1979 QUOTA OF 500 REFUGEES(WITH 150 OF THESE PLACES RESERVED FOR BOAT PEOPLE) STILL STANDS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAIN PROBLEM IS FINANCE- RESETTLEMENT COSTS PER HEAD BEING ABOUT D KR 70,020 ( NEARLY £7,000 ). THE

DANES REMAIN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH UNHCR ON THESE QUESTIONS.

WARBURTON

FILES

COPIES TO

HKGD

PS

HONG HONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

UND

1

SEAD

PS/LORD GORONWY

ROBERTS

LONDON

MR BURLEIGH

FED SAD

EID (E)

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D MVD

PS/MR LUARD

PS/FUS

SIR A DUFF

MR CORTAZZI

SIR.A.PARSONS

MR MURRAY

MR. LEAHY

HOME OFFICE

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

MR BIRT

HOME OFFICE

LUNAR HOUSE

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