TNAG-0883-FCO40-1093-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 61

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WE Quantrill Esq

Hong Kong and General Dept FCO

King Charles Street

528

British Consulate-General

Frankfurt

23 March 1979

Swen

Mr Elga shd he

an acknowledgement

for the haven N Williamson

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Dear Quantrill,

FRANKFURT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

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W. Chatill

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You are, I am sure, aware of the initiative of the Oberbürger- meister of Frankfurt, Dr Walter Wallmann, to take 310 Vietnamese refugees ex-Hong Kong for resettlement here. The matter has received a good deal of publicity locally although what it has done for Dr Wallmann's political image is difficult to say. Anyway, he has invested a lot of time and goodwill in the subject so I thought it worthwhile to send him for information a copy of Lord Goronwy Roberts' recent speech in the House of Lords about the refugee problem in Hong Kong. This produced a letter of acknowlegement from the Oberbürgermeister's special assistant, Dr Alexandar Gauland, paying tribute among other things to the help which he, Dr Gauland, received from the Hong Kong authorities when he was there arranging for the Vietnamese refugees to come to Frankfurt.

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attached.

it.

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A photocopy of Dr Gauland's letter together with translation is

It is a friendly letter and I thought you would like to know about

I am copying this letter (with enclosures) to the Chief Secretary in Hong Kong for his information as well.

Encs:

HKK 243/1

RECEIVED

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yours

السميد

Alan Keyw

A Elgar

cc S G Eldon Esq, Bonn