GR 120
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FM VIENNA 301630Z JULY 79
CONFIDENTIAL
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 156 OF 30 JULY
HKK 243/1.
RESSIVES
1486
DESK OF
INDEX
INFO UKMIS GENEVA AND HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 355 TO CANBERRA:RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
FROM HONG KONG. (1469)
1. ACTION TAKEN. DECISION IN PRINCIPLE HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN IN
AUSTRIA TO SPLIT UP THEIR 500 AMONG VARIOUS FIRST ASYLUM COUNTRIES,
ACTING IN LIAISON WITH THE UNHCR. DETAILS HAVE YET TO BE WORKED
OUT, BUT THE AUSTRIANS TAKE OUR POINT ON HONG KONG AND ARE
VIRTUALLY CERTAIN TO INCLUDE REFUGEES NOW IN HONG KONG IN THEIR
QUOTA.
2. THEY ARE OF COURSE ALSO LIKELY TO MEET SIMILAR REQUESTS TO
OURS FROM ELSEWHERE: FOR EXAMPLE THE INDONESIANS HAVE ALREADY
APPROACHED THEM.
MORGAN
FILES
SEAD
HK & GD
PS
UND
FED
EESD
N AM D
SAD
MAED
PS/LPS PS/MR HURD · PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI
EID
PUSD
HR STRATTON
OID
IPD
MR BULLARD
NEWS D MVD
MR FRETWELL
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DENTIA
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION BOAT PEOPLE
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