TNAG-0895-FCO40-1105-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 73

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GRS 90

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FM TEL AVIV 301203Z JULY

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELNO 365 OF 30 JULY

INFO HONGKONG, UKMIS GENEVA.

*

HKK343||

1485A

WIDEX

PA

PA.

8

YRTEL 355 TO CANBERRA: RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

(469)

FROM HONG KONG.

1. I SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED ON 30 JULY TO THE HEAD OF THE EUROPEAN DIVISION IN THE ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTRY, AND LEFT A PIECE OF PAPER WITH HIM. MY INTERLOCUTOR EXPLAINED THAT REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT WAS BEING HANDLED DIRECTLY BY THE PRIME MINISTERS'S OFFICE, AND ALMOST INDEED BY THE PRIME MINISTER HIMSELF. HE UNDERTOOK TO ENSURE THAT YOUR VIEWG WERE

MADE KNOW IN THE RIGHT QUARTER.

MASON

FILES

SEAD

HK & GD

PS

PS/LPS

UND

FED

EESD

N AM D

SAD

MAED

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

NEWS D MVD NENAD

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

MR BULLARD

MR FERGUSSON

MR FRETWELL

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