GRS 440A
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BONN 1711152 AUG 79
ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 6 OF 17 AUGUST
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20 AUG 1979
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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU WAS RECEIVED FROM FRANKFURT
TELNO 25 TO BONN OF 15 AUGUST
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
1. I PAID CALLS THIS MORNING IN WIESBADEN AND MAINZ IN CONNECTION
WITH VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES IN HONGKONG. I WAS RECEIVED WITH
INTEREST AND SYMPATHY IN BOTH LAENDER CAPITALS.
2. STAATSSEKRETAER DR GUENTHER STEINHAEUSER, SOZIALMINISTERIUM, WIESBADEN, WHOM I CALLED ON FIRST, IS CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED TO CO-ORDINATE REFUGEE SETTLEMENT IN HESSEN. AS BETWEEN
LANDESREGIERUNG AND PRIVATE AGENCIES. ACCORDING TO HIM, HESSEN
HAVE A QUOTE OF 500 OUTSTANDING: BUT HE EXPECTED TO BE TOLD BY FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY (FIM) WHERE THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF
REFUGEES WILL BE COMING FROM AND WHEN, ALTHOUGH SYMPATHETIC TO
HONGKON'S PLIGHT, HE TOOK VIEW THAT LAENDER WERE UNABLE TO
INFLUENCE REFUGEE SOURCES. I INFORMED HIM ABOUT QUOTE SPECIAL GROUPS UNQUOTE AND URGED HIM TO MAKE USE OF THIS FACILITY FOR
HONGKONG. HE SAID HE WOULD SPEAK TO FIM AND WOULD INFORM MINISTER- PRESIDENT (MP) OF OUR CONVERSATION AND SUGGEST MP SHOULD USE HIS
INFLUENCE IN BONN. I LEFT WITH HIM AIDEMEMOIRE BASED ON HONGKONG
TEL NO 5 TO YOU.
3. DR THIES OF SOZIALMINISTERIUM IN MAINZ WAS ALREADY WELL- INFORMED ABOUT THE REFUGEE QUESTION DUE TO HIS SITTING ON COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY FIM TO CO-ORDINATE MATTERS WITH LAENDER.
I WAS PLEASANTLZ SURPRISED TO BE TOLD THAT COMMITTEE WAS ALREADY
SEIZED WITH HONGKONG PROBLEM: HAD AGREED THAT HONGKON HAD BEEN
NEGLECTED IN FAVOUR OF MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA: AND HAD DECIDED
TO TRY AND REDRESS THE BALANCE. HE GAVE CREDIT TO FRAU DR HEIDE-
BLOECH OF AUSWAERTIGES AMT FOR DRAWING THE COMMITTEE'S ATTENTION TO HONGKONG (SHE EVIDENTLY FEARS A POSSIBLE EPIDEMIC DUE TO OVER-CROWDING, ETC). HE MENTIONED STAATSSEKRETAER DR FROEHLICH
AS BEING THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL IN FIM.
/4. DR THIES
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