TNAG-0894-FCO40-1104-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 233

GPS 130

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FM UKMIS GENEVA 131345Z JULY 73

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 307 OF 13 JULY 1979

INFO PRIORITY BELMOPAN, HONG KONG

Hkk 243

1369

(1330)

BELMOPAN TELNOS 93 AND 94: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,

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PA. the

1. FOLLOWING TELECON WITH MURRAY I HAVE INFORMED UNHCR OF THIS OFFER IN GENERAL TERMS. THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL. THEY ASKED WHETHER WE COULD GIVE THEM SOME MORE PRECISE INFORMATION IN WRITING CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF PLACES AND THE FINANCIAL

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CONDITIONS. THIS WOULD HELP THEM IN PREPARING THEIR INTERNAL BRIEF FOR THE UN MEETING ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES ON 20/21 JULY AND IN COMPILING ANY LIST OF PLEDGES WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THAT

MEETING.

2. UNHCR SAID THAT FURTHER DETAILS WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL SINCE THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IN SAN JOSE OR LIMA MIGHT CONTACT THE BELIZE GOVERNMENT TO DISCUSS PRATICAL ARRANGEMENTS.

MACINNES

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FILES

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

EESD

N AM D

SAD

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

M AND C D S ÁM D

NEWS D M & VD

PS PS/LPS PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

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ADDITIONAL DISTN

BOAT PEOPLE