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TELEGRAM NUMBER 635 OF 24 MAY
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: US RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME FROM HONG KONG.
1. WE HAVE JUST LEARNT FROM THE US CONSULATE-GENERAL THAT RESETTLEMENT NUMBERS FOR HONG KONG HAVE NOW BEEN ALLOCATED UP TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND THAT THE PROJECTED MOVEMENT IS 400 IN MAY AND ONLY 2,000 IN TOTAL OVER THE NEXT 4 MONTHS.
2. WE FIND THESE FIGURES INCOMPREHENSIBLE IN THE LIGHT OF AMBASSADOR CLARK'S ASSURANCES ABOUT FLEXIBILITY IN THE US PROGRAMME. FOR TACTICAL REASONS WE WOULD NOT WISH UKMIS GENEVA TO RAISE THIS WITH CLARK TOMORROW (UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 158 TO FCO) SINCE OUR MOST IMMEDIATE NEED IS TO ENLIST CLARK'S ASSISTANCE
IN RESOLVING OUR PROBLEMS WITH UNHCR.
3. UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ASK WASHINGTON TO RAISE THIS EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH CLARK AND ALSO WITH OAKLEY (STATE DEPARTMENT): WE SUSPECT THAT THE FINAL SAY IN ALLOCATING NUMBERS LIES WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED ELSEWHERE BUT WE SUSPECT THAT
PROPORTIONATELY FAR HIGHER NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO BOAT CASES IN MALAYSIA THAN COULD BE JUSTIFIED IN TERMS EITHER OF NUMBERS AWAITING RESETTLEMENT OR OF THE CURRENT RATE OF ARRIVALS.
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