She
GRS 180
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
M PARIS 30173OZ JUL 79
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NO 462 OF 30 JULY
_MKK243|1
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
KUALA LUMPUR BANGKOK MANILA SINGAPORE JAKARTA
UKMIS GENEVA
FCO TEL NO 355 OF 26 JULY TO CANBERRA
1469
INDO/CHINESE REFUGEES
1. CORTAZZI MADE THE MAIN POINTS IN TUR TO NOIVILLE (DIRECTEUR FOR ASIA AT THE QUAI) ON 25 JULY. BUT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE QUAI TO ENSURE THE MESSAGE GOT THROUGH.
2.
ALTHOUGH THE FIRST ADDITIONAL EATCH OF 5,COOPLACES
TH85
OFFERED BEFORE GENEVA WERE FOR REFUGEES FROM THAILAND AND MALAYSIA ONLY, THE SECOND BATCH OF 5,000 PLACES OFFERED AT GENEVA IS TO BE SPREAD MORE EQUITABLY WITH SOME GOING TO TO REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. THE QUAI COULD NOT SAY YET HOW THE SECOND 5,000 PLACES WOULD BE ALLOCATED, SINCE THE FIRST EXERCISE IS NOT YET COMPLETE. DECISIONS WILL BE TAKEN IN LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER, BUT OUR REPRESENTATIONS WILL DE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
3. IT WAS PRESSED, HOWEVER, THAT SELLECTION WOULD BE ON THE BASIS OF THE CRITERIA WHICH THE FRENCH HAVE ALWAYS APPLIED IN SUCH CASES, NAMELY ABILITY TO SPEAK FRENCH, OR FAMILY AS THEIR CONNECTIONS WITHIN FRANCE.
FCO PLEASE PASS ALL
HIBBERT
T
REQUESTED]
ADDITIONAL DISTN
[PASSED
AS
FILES
SEAD
NEWS D M & VD
MR FERGUSSON
MR FRETWELL
HK & GD
BOAT PEOPLE
UND
FED
EESD
N AM D
SAD
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD
WED
MAED
PS PS/LPS
PS/MR HURD PS/ER BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF.
SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI
KR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR BULLARD
CONFIDENTIAL
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.