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MADRID 311403Z JUL 79
PRIORITY FCO
TELNO. 198 OF 31 JULY 1979.
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA AND HONG KONG.
1494
HKK 243
P.A
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INFO SAVING BONN TEL AVIV ROME THE HAGUE WELLINGTON OSLO STOCKHOLM DERNE CANBERRA WASHINGTON OTTAWA BUENOS AIRES VIENNA BRUSSELS
COPENHAGEN AND PARIS.
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YOUR TELNO 355 TO CANBERRA: RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. (1469)
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1. I SPOKE ACCORDINGLY TO ROBLES PIQUER, STATE SECRETARY AT THE MFA, SAYING THAT WE GREATLY HOPED THAT SPAIN WOULD TAKE SOME AT LEAST OF THE REFUGEES STRANDED IN HONG KONG. ROBLES PIQUER SAID THAT SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE HAD MADE THE SAME REQUEST TO HIM IN GENEVA, AND THAT THE SPANIARDS WOULD PROBABLY TAKE 1/3 OF THEIR QUOTA OF 1,000 FROM HONG KONG, 1/3 FROM INDONESIA AND 1/3 FROM THAILAND. THEY HAD REPRESENTATIVES IN ALL THREE PLACES, WHO COULD
HELP WITH THE PROCESSING.
2. AFTER I HAD SPOKEN TO ROBLES PIQUER, I SAW YOUR TELNO 210 TO OTTAWA, PARAGRAPH 6, WHICH REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH REPRESENTATIVE AT THE MEETING SUMMONED BY UNHCR IN GENEVA ON 23 JULY HAD SAID
THAT THE SPANIARDS MIGHT TAKE MOST OF THEIR 1,000 FROM HONG KONG. WE HAVE THEREFORE FOLLOWED UP WITH ROBLES PIQUER'S OFFICE, MAKING THE POINTS IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF HONG KONG'S TELNO 1057 TO YOU, AND SAYING THAT, AGAINST THAT, BACKGROUND, WE HOPE THAT SPAIN WILL TAKE
AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OF HER 1,000 QUOTA FROM HONG KONG. ROBLES
PIQUER'S PRIVATE SECRETARY SHOWED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN PARAGRAPH 1B
OF HONG KONG'S TUR. HE SAID THAT NO DECISIONS ABOUT SELECTING THE
SPANISH QUOTA WOULD BE TAKEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER, BUT TOOK CAREFUL NOTE
OF OUR REPRESENTATIONS, AND SEEMED SYMPATHETIC.
FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING TO ALL.
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