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FM HONG KONG 091024Z MAY 79
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO.553 OF 9 MAY,
INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA,
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ROUTINE: WASHINGTON, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
UKMIS GENEVA TELNO.133 TO FCO : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES NOT YET ACCEPTED BY UNHCR.
THE UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE IS STILL AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE REFUGEES FOR WHOM THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE OF TIME SPENT IN CHINA AND WHOM UNHCR HEADQUARTERS SUSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN SETTLED THERE. THIS MEANS THAT HE WILL STILL NOT ACCEPT REFUGEES INTO UNHCR CAMPS, AS WE WISH, BROADLY IN ORDER OF THEIR DATE OF ARRIVAL. WE TOLD RASANAYAGAM YESTERDAY THAT WE WERE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND REMINDED HIM THAT A WRITTEN UNDERTAKING BY ONE OF HIS PREDECESSORS REMAINED IN FORCE UNDER WHICH UNHCR ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR REFUGEE BOATS WITHOUT
RASANAYAGAM AGREED THE NEED FOR CLEARANCE IN INDIVIDUAL CASES. THAT A RETURN TO THIS SYSTEM WAS OVERDUE.
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