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RR GOVERNOR HONG KONG

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CONFIDENTIAL

FROM HONGAID 031000Z JUL 79

TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER HK 675 OF 3 JULY

FOR POLITICAL ADVISER FROM MORGAN

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

NO OI

I PUT THE SUGGESTION THAT THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES PUT PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENTS

TO ACCEPT MORE REFUGEES TO SIR EVELYN SHUCKBURGH, CHAIRMAN, BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY, YESTERDAY. HE ADVISED THAT THE LEAGUE IS FAIRLY INEFFECTUAL

AND THAT PRESSURE BY INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE RED

CROSS WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE RESULTS.

2.

LAST WEEK ICRC ISSUED APPEAL ABOUT REFUGEES

BUT HE TOOK MY POINT THAT IT DID NOT STRESS THE NEED

FOR GOVERNMENTS OF FINAL SETTLEMENT TO PLEDGE LARGER

NUMBER OF REFUGEE PLACES QUICKLY. HE IS VISITING GENEVA TOWARDS THE END OF JULY AND WILL SEE CHAIRMAN OF ICRC TO ATTEMPT TO GET A MORE STRONGLY WORDED APPEAL

ISSUED. HE WAS FAIRLY OPTIMISTIC+++

HONGA ID

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