TNAG-0895-FCO40-1105-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 60

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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

BUENOS AIRES 34/17457 JULY 1979

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 201 OF 30 JULY 1979

AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

INFO WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA

1469

HKK 243

PA

/%

14485

YOUR TELNO 355 TO CANBERRA :

RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG

ACTION TAKEN BY MINISTER OF STATE WITH CAVANDOLI, UNDER- SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON 27 JULY.

༢.

2. CAVANDOLI WAS RECEPTIVE. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE ARGENTINE

GOVERNMENT WERE CONCERNED THAT THEIR 1,00 FAMILIES SHOULD RE

CAREFULLY SELECTED BEFORE COMING TO ARGENTINA TO SET UP COLONIES

IN WHAT MIGHT BE THE MORE REMOTE CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY. IT WOULD

BE QUITE POSSIBLE FOR ARGENTINA TO TAKE A LARGE NUMBER OF

FAMILIES FROM HONG KONG, HE SAID,. IF HONG KONG COULD PROVIDE

MAXIMUM HELP IN VETTING THEM.

3. MR RIDLEY TOLD CAVANDOLI THAT FACILITES EXISTED IN HONG KONG

FOR FINDING THE FAMILIES MOST SUITABLE FOR ARGENTINA. HE WAS SURE

THAT THE GOVERNOR IN HONG KONG WOULD BE READY TO MAKE

SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS. (WE HAD ALREADY SPOKEN TO MFA IN SIMILAR

TERMS: BUENOS AIRES TELNO 181 TO FCO IN RESPONSE TO HONG KONG

TELNO 995 TO ECO)

1365B)

4. AS SEEN FROM HERE THE NEXT STEP MIGHT BE A FURTHER APPRANCH

FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO THE ARGENTINE CONSULATE-GENERAL

REFERRING TO MR RIDLEY'S DISCUSSION WITH CAVANDOLI.

CARLESS

FILES

SEAD

HK & GD

NEWS D M & VD PS

MR FERGUSSON

ADDITIONAL DISTN

MR FRETWELL

BOAT PEOPLE

UND

PS/LPS

FED

EESD

NAM D

SAD

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD SAMD.

PS/KR HURD PS/ER BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF -

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

KR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

MR

ER BULLARD CONFIDENTIAL

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