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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.473 OF 19 APRIL,
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INFC PRIORITY: JAKARTA, UKMIS GENEVA, H.K.GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
INDO-CHINA REFUGEES : MEETING IN JAKARTA.
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1. WE HAVE SEEN PRESS REPORTS THAT A CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN JAKARTA ON 15 AND 16 MAY TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED SPECIAL PROCESSING CENTRE (S.P.C).
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2. WE ARE NOT CLEAR PRECISELY WHAT THIS CONFERENCE WILL INVOLVE BUT HAVE OBVIOUS INTEREST IN ENSURING THAT THE S.P.C PROPOSAL IS DEVELOPED IN WAYS WHICH TAKE ACCOUNT OF OUR INTERESTS. YOU KNOW (MY TELNO.295), DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES, WE SEE ADVANTAGE TO HONG KONG IN HAVING A PROCESSING CENTRE. WE WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER OFFERING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IF THAT IS REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN SEND PEOPLE THERE. WHAT WE CANNOT AFFORD IS TO BE LEFT OUT. U.N DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER DE HAAN SAID WHEN HERE IN MARCH THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE INCLUDED IN ANY SUCH SCHEME (SEE DAVIES' LETTER TO MCLAREN, HKGD
OF 19 MARCH, COPIED TO UKMIS GENEVA). WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT THIS ASSURANCE IS FULFILLED SEMI-COLON WE DO NOT KNOW IF THE
ASEAN COUNTRIES SHARE HIS VIEWS.
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3. GRATEFUL TO KNOW HOW THE U.K INTENDS TO REACT TO THIS CONFERENCE SEMI-COLON IF YOU ARE TO TAKE PART AS A POTENTIAL RECIPIENT COUNTRY SEMI-COLON AND WHAT THOUGHT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO COVERING HONG KONG'S INTERESTS. WE WOULD BE WILLING TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES FROM HERE TO TAKE PART EITHER IN OUR OWN RIGHT OR AS PART OF A U.K DELEGATION, WHICHEVER IS MORE APPROPRIATE.
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