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FM OSLO 311315Z JULY 73
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 133 OF 31 JULY 1979
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
LONDON
INFO ROUTINE COPENHAGEN AND STOCKHOLM
INFO SAVING BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, BUENOS AIRE 3 CANBERRA VIENNA, PARIS, BONN, TEL AVIV, ROME, THE HAGUE, WELLINGTON MADRID
AND DERNE.
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FCO TELNO 355 TO CANBERRA : RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
FROM HONG KONG
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1. HEAD OF CHANCERY TOOK ACTION YESTERDAY WITH ACTING HEAD OF UN DIVISION OF MFA, AND FOLLOWED UP AGAIN TODAY. BERG HAD MEANWHILE SUBMITTED THE MATTER TO CHRISTIANSEN, POLITICAL DIRECTOR AT ME A ASSURED US THAT IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE FOREIGN MINISTERS ATTENTION
SHORTLY.
AND
2. NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT ARE QUOTE TRULY GRATEFUL UNQUOTE FOR BRITISH
AND HONG KONG POLICY ON ASYLUM. DERG SAID HONG KONG WAS SETTING EXAMPLE TO OTHER SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES. HOWEVER, POSSIBILITIES FOR NORWAY HELPING OUT WERE LIMITED. NORWAY HAD INCREASED ITS QUOTA FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN IMMIGRANTS TO THREE THOUSAND, INCLUDING THE ONE THOUSAND ALREADY IN NORWAY. OF THE REMAINING TWO THOUSAND NORWEGIANS WOULD ACCEPT APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED FAMILY REUNION CASES (PARA 5 OF UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 363). THEY NEED TO SET ASIDE SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION FOR THOSE RESCUED BY NORWEGIAN FLAG VESSELS. NORWAY HAD ALSO ALREADY ACCEPTED 256 FORM THE LYSEKIL (OSLO TELNO28) AND WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY HAVE TO ACCEPT MORE FROM THIS SOURCE. NIT)
3. WITHIN THESE LIMITATIONS, BERG SAID THAT NORWAY WOULD TRY TO CONTRIBUTE TO UNHCR'S POLICY OF CLEARING CAMPS OF FIRST ASYLUM .ON THIS BASIS, OUR REQUEST WOULD BE GIVEN FURTHER STUDY IN OSLO, IN CONJUNCTION WITH MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS. BERG SAID
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