TNAG-0895-FCO40-1105-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 169

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INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA WASHINGTON TOKYO BANGKOK MANILA

SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR AND OTTAWA.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES; INDONESIAN PROCESSING CENTRE.

1. WE AND OTHER COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT THE JAKARTA MEETING ON 15/16 MAY HAVE RECEIVED A NOTE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FORFION AFFAIRS REQUESTING THOSE COUNTRIES WHICH THEN INDICATED THEIR READINESS TO HELP FINANCE THE PROCESSING CENTRE ON GALANG ISLAND TO MAKE THEIR CONTRIBUTION AVAILABLE EITHER DIRECTLY TO THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT OR THROUGH THE UNHCR. THE NOTE ALSO STATES THAT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR ESTABLISHING A PROCESSING CENTRE ON GALANG IS NOW COMPLETE AND HAS RECOMMENDED THE USE OF THE ISLAND. WORY HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. THE NOTE ASYS FOR AN EARLY REPLY INDICATING THE AMOUNT OF OUR CONTRIBUTION AND THE CHANNELS THROUGH WHICH IT WILL BE MADE. (A COPY OF THE NOTE FOLLOWS BY BA0).

2. ALTHOUGH THE US EMDASSY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SIMILAR NOTE FROM THE DFA, THEY SAY THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE

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