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CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO 011630Z JUNE 79

TO IMMEDIATE HANOI

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 95 OF 1 JUNE 79

INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK UKMIS GENEVA HONG KONG MOSCOW

PEKING WASHINGTON CANBERRA WELLINGTON KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE

BANGKOK JAKARTA MANILA TOKYO EEC POSTS

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2604

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S49 MY TEL NO 120 TO KUALA LUMPUR: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

N/C

852

1. ON MINISTERIAL INSTRUCTIONS, CORTAZZI AND MURRAY ARE CALLING

IN HEADS OF MISSION OF ALL COUNTRIES JUDGED LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL

IN MANAGING THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM, EITHER BY APPLYING

PRESSURE ON VIETNAM, OR BY ACCEPTING REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT, OR AT LEAST BY INCREASING THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO UNHCR FUNDS.

THESE INCLUDE SCANDINAVIAN AND OTHER NON EEC EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (AMONG THE NINE THE SUBJECT WILL BE RAISED AT NEXT WEEKS POLITICAL

COOPERATION MEETING), LATIN AMERICANS, AS WELL AS JAPAN AND A FEW ARAB COUNTRIES. THE EAST EUROPEANS ARE ALSO BEING SEEN.

RECORDS OF CONVERSATIONS WILL FOLLOW SEPARATELY.

2. WE ARE REPEATING TO YOU FCO TELS NOS 224 AND 225 TO

UKMIS NEW YORK, CONTAINING THE REPLY SENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER

TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WHICH SHE PROPOSES THAT A

CONFERENCE OF UN MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE CALLED TO DISCUSS THE

REFUGEE PROBLEM. DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL ARE UNDER URGENT

CONSIDERATION AND WILL BE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE

GOVERNMENT ATTACH CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE TO THIS PROPOSAL. CARRINGTON

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NEWS D MVD

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MRJC MOBERLY

MR MURRAY

COPIES TO

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

MR BURLEIGH

HOME OFFICE

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

MR BIRT

HOME OFFICE

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