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FROM FCO 021929Z AUG 79
PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 177 OF 2 AUG
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG STOCKHOLM THE HAGUE
ROUTINE WASHINGTON OTTAWA BUENOS AIRES CANBERRA
VIENNA BRUSSELS COPENHAGEN PARIS BONN ROME
TELAVIV WELLINGTON OSLO MADRID BERNE
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 388 AND 387: (1500
RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG.
HKK243/
1. WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO REINFORCE YOUR ORAL REPRESENTATIONS TO UNHCR WITH A WRITTEN NOTE.
2. THE DRAFT IN YOUR SECOND TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE MIGHT BE READ AS TOO MUCH SPECIAL PLEADING ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG. THIS COULD BE DAMAGING IF AS IS LIKELY ITS CONTENTS BECOME WIDELY KNOWN. UNTIL WE CAN BE MORE PRECISE ABOUT THE PACE AT WHICH WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT
OUT,
OUR 10,000 QUOTA FROM HONG KONG, IT MAY BE BETTER TO AVOID CONCENTRATING ON PRECISE NUMBERS. MOREOVER, AS YOU POINT
UNHCR SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY TARGET FOR OUR APPROACH SINCE OTHERS, WHO FOR REASONS OF THEIR OWN DO NOT WISH TO ACCEPT REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG, ARE SHELTERING BEHIND HIS ADVICE. FOR ALL THESE REASONS WE THINK THE NOTE SHOULD BE CAST IN MORE GENERAL TERMS.
3. UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD ADDRESS
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A NOTE TO UNHCR ON THE LINES OF THE REDRAFT IN MIFT AND SHOULD SEND COPIES OF IT TO THE MISSIONS OF RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES
IN GENEVA.
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