TNAG-0896-FCO40-1106-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 277

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FM HONG KONG 090607Z AUG 79

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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TEL NO.1131 OF 9 AUGUST, INFO PRIORITY: BONN,

1.

No 1 Away

See Bus

ROUTINE: CANBERRA, OTTAWA, WASHINGTON, ADELAIDE, BRISBANE,

MELBOURNE, PERTH, SYDNEY, EDMONTON, HALIFAX, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, DUSSELDORF, FRANKFURT, HAMBURG, HANOVER, MUNICH, STUTTGART, BERLIN, BMG BERLIN, ATLANTA, BOSTON, CHICAGO, CLEVELAND, DETROIT, HOUSTON, LOS ANGELES, C.G NEW YORK, BIS NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, ST LOUIS, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG :

REGIONAL ASPECTS OF MAJOR RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMMES.

WE HAVE RECENTLY DISCUSSED WITH THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES,

SERVICE ORGANISATIONS AND CHURCHES HERE HOW THEY CAN SUPPLEMENT

OUR DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO PUT ACROSS INTERNATIONALLY HONG KONG'S

CASE FOR A MORE EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF RESETTLEMENT PLACES.

2. SOME OF THESE BODIES, E.G ROTARY INTERNATIONAL AND THE ROUND

TABLE, WILL PROBABLY PLACE ARTICLES IN THEIR INTERNATIONALLY CIRCULATED PERIODICALS, OR UNDERTAKE DIRECT LOBBYING OF GOVERNMENT,

BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL, THROUGH THEIR BRANCHES IN OTHER COUNTRIES. SOME MAY ALSO UNDERTAKE VISITS: FOR EXAMPLE THE DIRECTOR OF HONG XONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE IS PLANNING TO VISIT THE F.R.G (DONN TELNO.4 TO HONG KONG, NOT TO ALL) TO PUT HONG KONG'S CASE DIRECT TO THE LAND GOVERNMENTS AND A NUMBER OF THE CITIES.

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GIVEN THE