GRS 200
RESTRICTED
PM MAN
TO INMATE FCO
180340Z MAY 79
TELNO 189 OF 10 MAY
RESTRICTED
AND TO JAKARTA, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR,
GOVERNOR HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA.
633
MY TELNO 161: ISLAND PROCESSING CENTRES.
HKK 243/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
10 MAY 1979
DESK OFFICIA INDEX BANGKOK
PA
"NO" | 210.5
No
Acton
64
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1. THE ISLAND OF TARA, 150 MILESE SOUTH OF MANILA, HAS NOW BEEN SELECTED. WORK HAS STARTED ON THE BUILDINGS AMD SHIPMENT OF A LARGE AYGUNT OF CEMENT SUGGESTS THESE WILL BE MORE THAN TEMPORARY,
2. AMERICAN EMBASSY CLAIM THAT CLARK'S RECENT VISIT MOVED MFA FROM THEIR OPPOSITION TO IDEA OF PROCESSING CENTRES IN THE PHILIPPINES, WHEN MARCOS SAW WALDHEIM TWO DAYS AGO REFUGEE PROBLEM WAS DISCUSSED AT PRESIDENTS REQUEST AND HE UNDERTOOK TO ACCOMMODATE UNSETTLED REFUGEES ON TARA WITHIN REASONABLE LIMITS.
3. AMERICANS SPECULATE THAT PHILIPPINES WILL WANT TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES AT TARA TO SOME 5,020. THIS WOULD ACCOMMODATE THESE ALREADY HERE AND LEAVE SPARE 2,009 PLACES, IF THEY OFFER THESE TO OTHER COUNTRIES IT WILL ALYOST CERTAINLY BE TO THE MORE BURDENED ASEAN COLLEAGUES, AS A GESTURE OF SOLIDARITY. I THINK IT WOULD NEED A GOOD DEAL OF TIME AND FIRST INTERNATIONAL PERSUASION TO PERSUADE THEM TO TAKE EVEN A TOTAL
NUMBER FROM HONG KONG.
FCO PASS ALL
BENTLEY
TILES
[REPEATED as RequASTED
COPIES TO
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
KK & GD
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SEAD
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SAD
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NEWS D MVD
PS PS/LES PSIME BLAKER
PS/PUS SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI MR LEAHY
MR MURRAY
MR BURLEIGH.
HOME OFFICE
QUEEN ANNE'S GATE
MR BIRT
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LUNAR GOUSE
CROYDON
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