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FM WELLINGTON 3821237 AUG 79
T PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUBER 4 OF ? AUGUST
INFO FCO (PSE PASS HONG AID)
FOR GOVERNOR FROM CATER.
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1. YESTERDAY I HAD SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH THE ACTING PRIME MINISTER (TALBOYS) AND WITH THE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION (BOLGER). THE MEETINGS WERE CORDIAL AND HELPFUL. I EXPLAINED OUR PROBLEMS AND VIEWS IN DETAIL AND AT SOME LENGTH: CONSIDERABLE SYMPATHY WAS EXPRESSED. BOTH STATED THAT NEW ZEALAND HAD YET TO MAKE DEFINITE DECISIONS AS TO FUTURE ALLOCATION OF ''REFUGEES QUOTAS'': THAT, ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD HAVE TO ALLOCATE SOME QUOTA FOR LAND REFUGEES IN THAILAND, NEVERTHELESS THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE LOGIC OF OUR ARGUMENT THAT, IN ALLOCATING PLACES FOR BOAT REFUGEES, AT LEAST ONE THIRD SHOULD COME FROM HONG KONG. BOTH PROMISED THAT OUR VIEWS WOULD BE BORNE FIRMLY IN MIND WHEN THIS MATTER COMES UP FOR CONSIDERATION LATER. THEY SOUNDED GENUINE.
2. EARLIER YESTERDAY I ATTENDED A MEETING, CHAIRED BY HARLAND.
(ASSISTANT SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS), AT WHICH THERE WAS
A GENERAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS MAINLY TO DO WITH BOAT REFUGEES. IT
WAS A USEFUL PRELIMINARY TO THE MEETING WITH TALBOYS.
3. I AM RETURNING TO HONG KONG TOMORROW (FRIDAY 10TH AUGUST) VIA
SYDNEY ON QF 27.
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