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TELEGRAM NUMBER 2 OF 26 JULY, 1979

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INFO PRIORITY F.C.O. AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

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MY TELNO 1057 TO FCO: RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. THE POLITICAL ADVISER, DAVID WILSON, IS GOING ON LEAVE TO THE U.K. ON 4 AUGUST. WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF HE SPENT A DAY IN BONN TO TALK TO THE GERMANS ABOUT RESETTLEMENT AND WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE SUITABLE INTERVIEWS IF HE DID SO?

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2, WILSON WAS PLANNING TO BE IN LONDON ON 6-7 AUGUST BEFORE GOING TO SCOTLAND ON THE 8TH. HE COULD, HOWEVER, IF CONVENIENT, COME TO BONN INSTEAD ON 7 OR 8 AUGUST.

3. THE GERMAN ACTING CONSUL-GENERAL HERE CLAIMS THAT, ALTHOUGH THE LANDER GOVERNMENTS HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN ALLOCATING PLACES, THEY TEND TO BE INFLUENCED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMMENT AS IN THE OVERALL GERMAN OFFER OF 13,000 PLACES. IF SO, THIS SUGGESTS THAT A VISIT TO BONN, EVEN IF OTHER CITIES WERE NOT INCLUDED, COULD BE USEFUL.

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HK & GD

NEWS D M & VD

MR FERGUSSON

MR FRETWELL

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BOAT PEOPLE

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PS/MR HURD PS/HR BLAKER PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD N G LENNOK

MR BULLAND

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