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FM FCO 311956Z MAY 79
HKK243/1
RECLIVED BACKREY
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 356 OF 31/5/79
SAVING TO MANILA AND JAKARTA,
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INFO WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA BANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE
MY TELNO 322 (NOT TO ALL): VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A STATE DEPARTMENT TELEGRAM PASSED
TO US YESTERDAY BY THE US EMBASSY:
BEGINS:
17 IN RESPONSE TO LORD CARRINGTON'S CONVERSATION ON THIS
SUBJECT WITH THE SECRETARY MAY 21 REFTEL, PLEASE PASS
FOLLOWING ON BEHALF OF SECRETARY TO LORD CARRINGTON OR APPROPRIATE SENIOR FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL.
2. IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, ABOUT 360 REFUGEES A MONTH DEPARTED FROM HONG KONG (AND MACAU) FOR THE US, OUT OF AN
AVERAGE OF ABOUT 4,200 A MONTH WHO DEPARTED FOR THE US FROM EAST ASIA. IN MARCH, ABOUT 1,000 MOVED TO THE US FROM HONG KONG, OUT OF APPROXIMATELY 8,000 FROM THE REGION, IN APRIL AND MAY, BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE OF FUNDS UNTIL A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IS PASSED, THE US HAD TO CUT BACK MOVEMENTS TO 400 A MONTH FROM HONG KONG, OUT OF 5,000
A MONTH FROM THE REGION..
3. IN JUNE AND LATER MONTHS, IF FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, WE PLAN TO MOVE ABOUT 500 A MONTH FROM HONG KONG, OUT OF 7,000 FROM THE REGION. IF THE FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE IN JUNE OR LATER MONTHS THE 500 MOVEMENTS PLANNED IN EACH OF. THOSE MONTHS WOULD BE ADDED, ONCE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, TO THOSE SCHEDULED IN LATER MONTHS.
4. ALTHOUGH MOVEMENTS FROM HONG KONG HAVE HAD TO BE LIMITED, THE USG HAS AUTHORIZED THE PROCESSING OF REFUGEES FOR ADMISSION TO THE US TO GO AHEAD, THE PROCESSING SITUATION IS AS FOLLOWS: UNDER THE CONDITIONAL ENTRY PROGRAM, FROM JANUARY THROUGH APRIL, THE USG PROCESSED ABOUT 3060: REFUGESS FROM HONG KONG. IN THOSE FOUR MONTHS, AN ADDITIONAL 200 WERE ADMITTED UNDER THE PAROLE PROGRAM. WITH
THE END OF THE CONDITIONAL ENTRY PROGRAM FOR INDOCHINESE REFUGEES IN APRIL, THE USG AUTHORIZED THE PAROLE IN MAY AND LATER MONTHS OF 500 A MONTH FROM HONG KONG, OUT OF 7,000
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