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TELEGRAM NUMBER 57 OF 14 FEBRUARY
INFO GOVERNOR HONG KONG, UKMİS GENEVA.
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HEAD OF ASIAN DIVISION MFA TOLD HEAD OF CHANCERY YESTERDAY THAT POSSIBILITY OF ADMISSION OF FURTHER REFUGEES INTO NZ WAS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION BUT REMAINS A POLITICAL PROBLEM, 2. NEW ZEALANDERS WERE FOLLOWING A S E A N ATTITUDES CLOSELY AND IN PARTICULAR THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ISLAND TRANSIT CENTRE. THEY HAD IN MIND THAT THIS OFFERED POSSIBILITIES FOR NZ AID E.G. WITH TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES AND THAT NZ MIGHT OFFER AID TO UNHCR. THERE WAS THE SUGGESTION IN SOME QUARTERS IN WELLINGTON THAT THIS COULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE TO ADMITTING MORE REFUGEES TO NZ BUT MFA REALISE THAT IT COULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISLAND CENTRE WITHOUT TAKING IN MORE INTO NZ. SO FAR HOWEVER THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION WERE OPPOSING FURTHER LIBERALISATION
OF NZ POLICY.
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