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TELEGRAM NUMBER 112 OF 03 AUGUST 72

INFO ROUTINE OSLO COPENHAGEN AND HONG KONG

INFO SAVING UKMIS GENEVA AND WASHINGTON

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MY TELEGRAM NO 107 OF 27 JULY:

REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG.

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RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE

1. I SPOKE TODAY TO MRS WINTHER, MINISTER IN CHARGE OF IMMIGRATION MATTERS, WHO HAD ATTENDED THE GENEVA RESETTLEMENT CONFERENCE, AFTER EXPLAINING WHY WE BELEIVED HONG KONG DESERVED A MORE

EQUITABLE SHARE OF THE RESETTLEMENT PLACES OFFERED, I SUGGESTED

THAT ACTION BY SWEDEN WITH ITS TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP IN HUMANITAR LAI MTTERS CULD BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS.

2. MRS WINTHER, CONFIRMING THAT MEA HAD INFORMED HER OF HEAD OF CHANCERY'S DEMARCHE WITH THEM LAST WEEK, SAID SHE WELL UNDERSTOOD OUR CONCERN, SHE HAD BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S

EXPOSITION OF HONG KONG'S PROBLEMS AT THE GENEVA CONFERENCE. BUT

AS WE KNEW, SWEDEN ATTACHED IMPORTANCE TO WORKING CLOSELY IN THESE PATTERS WITH UNHCR AND RESPONDING TO HIS ADVICE.

COURSE DISCUSS MY APPROACH WITH HER COLLEAGUES, WOULD MEANWHILE HAVE OUR VIEWS IN MIND IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS WITH UNHCR. I REITERATED THAT UNHCR WAS FULLY AWARE OF OUR CONCERN.

SHE WOULD OF

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