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SIC TEL NO 196
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TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 106 OF 24 JULY
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA AND PRIORITY UKMIS HONGKONG
(137)
MY TEL NO 98: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
(446)
see (1458
1. PERMANENT SECRETARY HOME AFFAIRS GOT IN TOUCH THIS AFTERNOON TO
SAY THAT MINISTER ROGERS HAD HEARD NOTHING FROM UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE
IN SAN JOSE OR LIMA ABOUT THE BELIZE OFFER.
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2. ALTHOUGH IT IS EARLY DAYS OF THE THE GENEVA CONFERENCE HE
WONDERED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GIVE ANY INDICATION OF THE KIND OF ASSISTANCE TTHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO HELP SETTLE REFUGEES IN RECIPIENT COUNTRIES. ROGERS IS ANXIOUS NOW TO PUBLICISE THE FACT
IN GENERAL TERMS THAT BELIZE HAD AGREED TO ACCEPT SOME VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES AND HE HAS NO INTENTION OF MENTIONING THE CONDITIONS IN PREMIER PRICE'S LETTER TO MRS THATCHER, (MY TEL 93) BUT HE WOULD
LIKE IF POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE
REFUGEES WAS NOT GOING TO IMPOSE AN UNNECESSARY BURDEN ON BELIZE.
3. IS THERE ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN LET US HAVE WHICH MIGHT HELP
IN THIS RESPECT.
FCO PLEASE PASS UKMIS GENEVA AND UKMIS HONGKONG
MCENTEE
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As
EPEATED REQUESTED
FILES SEAD
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NEWS D M & VD PS
MR FERGUSSON
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PS/KR HURD PS/KR BLAKER
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SIR A PARSONS
AR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
KR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
NR BULLARD
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