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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.692 OF 31 MAY,
INFO IMMEDIATE: UKMIS GENEVA,
ROUTINE : WASHINGTON.
UKMIS GENEVA TEL NO.168 TO FCO :
747
INL
No
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AND UNHCR.
◄ MAY 1979
OPT J31.5
51
RE ISTRY Action Taken
1. IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO LEARN FROM THIS ACCOUNT OF CLARK'S
MEETING WITH HARTLING THAT UNHCR ARE NOW TAKING SOME OF THE
DECISIONS NECESSARY TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS HERE.
HOWEVER,
THE LOCAL UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE HAS NOT YET RECEIVED ANY INSTRUCTIONS
FROM HIS HEADQUARTERS.
2.
jel sent to Conne
UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION, GRATEFUL IF UKMIS GENEVA WOULD
URGE UNHCR TO LET US AND THEIR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE KNOW WHAT
ACTION WILL NOW BE TAKEN, IN PARTICULAR HOW MANY REFUGEES UNHCR
WILL REFUSE TO ACCEPT AND THE CRITERIA THEY INTEND USING OF
''POSITIVE EVIDENCE OF PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN CHINA””. UNHCR
SHOULD BE WARNED THAT UNTIL WE KNOW THIS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF A SMALL NUMBER BEING RESETILED
HERE.
3. THE AMERICAN FIGURE (TEL UNDER REF PARA.5) FOR RESETTLEMENT FROM HONG KONG IS WRONG: SO FAR THIS YEAR ABOUT 68 PER CENT HAVE
GONE TO THE U.S.
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