TNAG-0896-FCO40-1106-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 129

4. DR THIES MENTIONED THAT FRG'S GENEVA PLEDGE OF 10,000 PLACES HAD MEANWHILE BEEN INCREASED TO 13,000. IN HIS OPINION, THIS WAS A MINIMUM FIGURE AND WAS QUITE LIKELY TO BE INCREASED AS A RESULT OF PUBLIC PRESSURE. 65 REFUGEES EX-HONGKONG WERE DUE TO

· ARRIVE FRANKFURT AIRPORT ON 24 AUGUST AS THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF RHEINLAND-PFALZ' PROGRAMME. I WAS INVITED AND AGREED TO JOIN RECEPTION PARTY WHICH WILL BE HEADED BY SOZIALMINISTER.

5. IN COURSE OF FURTHER DISCUSSION, DR THIES MENTIONED NUMEROUS OFFERS FROM FAMILIES IN RHEINLAND-PFALZ TO ADOPT REFUGEE ORPHANS. ] OFFERED TO EQQUIRE INTO AVAILABILITY AND WAS TOLD THAT RHEIN- LAND-PFALZ WOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE UP TO TWO HUNDRED ORPHANS BETWEEN AGES OF 1 AND 6 YEARS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THESE WOULD BE OVER AND ABOVE EXISTING QUOTAS. PLEASE ADVISE HONGKONG ACCOR- DINGLY AND REQUEST THEM TO INFORM ME WHETHER THIS OFFER IS OF ANY INTEREST TO THEM.

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