CONFIDENTIAL
GR 235
FM HONG KONG 101014Z JUL 79
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO.963 OF 10 JULY,.
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INFO UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LO INFO SAVING: BUENOS AIRES, CANBERRA, VIENNA, BRUSSELS, OTTAWA,
PARIS, BONN, ATHENS, TEL AVIV, ROME, TOKYO, SEOUL, MEXICO CITY, THE HAGUE, WELLINGTON, OSLO, LISBON, MADRID, STOCKHOLM, BERNE AND WASHINGTON.
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES APPEAL BY CHIEF SECRETARY.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY SPOKE THIS AFTERNOON TO REPRESENTATIVES
IN HONG KONG OF 21 COUNTRIES. AFTER GOING OVER THE BACKGROUND TO
THE PROBLEM AND GIVING THE MOST RECENT STATISTICS HE SAID THAT
THE PATTERN OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES THROUGHOUT THE REGION IN
JANUARY TO JUNE SHOWED A MARKED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HONG KONG
WHICH HAD 34% OF ARRIVALS OF BOAT REFUGEES, BUT ONLY 12% OF
DEPARTURES. IN APPEALING FOR EXTRA RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR HONG
KONG HE WAS AWARE OF THE REGIONAL NEEDS BUT IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT
HONG KONG SHOULD GET A FAIR SHARE.
2. HE NOTED THAT IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY 62% OF THE REFUGEES WERE ON SMALL BOATS FROM THE SOUTH, COMPARED WITH 27% IN JUNE AND 14% IN MAY. THE INCREASE IN NUMBERS FROM THE SOUTH WAS LIKELY TO CONTINUE, PARTLY BECAUSE OF LESS HUMANE POLICIES ELSEWHERE. THIS
MADE IT DOUBLY IMPORTANT THAT HONG KONG SHOULD NOT BE PENALISED
IN THE ALLOCATION OF QUOTAS OR OF NEW RESETTLEMENT OFFERS.
MACIE PLEASE PASS SAVING ADDRESSEES.
MACLEHOSE
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
FILES
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
EESD
NAM D
SAD
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D
M & VD
PS PS/LPS
PS/KR HURD PS/ER BLAKER PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
ADDITIONAL DISTN
BOAT PEOPLE
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