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TO PRIORITY ROME
TELNO.3 OF 3 AUGUST,
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INFO F.C.O, UKMIS GENEVA, H.K.GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
YOUR TELNO.304 TO FCO : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES :
ITALIAN PROGRAMME.
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1. ZAMBERLETTI HAS TOLD US THROUGH THE ITALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL, PISANI MASSAHORMILE, THAT HE WOULD HAVE COME HERE YESTERDAY
ALTHOUGH THE NAVAL VESSELS WERE NOT COMING) BUT FOR TYPHOON 'HOPE'.
HOWEVER, HE HAS GIVEN AN ASSURANCE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE REFUGEES HERE WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN ITALY'S RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME. HE STILL PLANS TO VISIT HONG KONG, BUT HAS NO NEW. DATE IN MIND YET.
2。 PISANI TOLD US THAT A GROUP OF 100 REFUGEES, SELECTED IN CASE THE NAVY CAME HERE, WILL BE TAKEN TO ITALY WITHIN TWO MONTHS,
WE WELCOMED THIS ADDING THAT THE SOONER THIS COULD BE ARRANGED/
THE BETTER, SINCE THE REFUGEES WILL BE DISAPPOINTED AT THE DELAY. WE SAID WE HOPE FURTHER GROUPS CAN SOON BE SELECTED, PISANI
EXPECTS TO CALL ON YOU TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH WHEN HE IS
HOME ON LEAVE.
3. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE ZAMBERLETTI TO VISIT AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE AND TO SAY WHEN FURTHER GROUPS FOR ITALY COULD BE
SELECTED.
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SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI
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MR BULLARD
NEWS D ITVD
MR FRETELL
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