TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 136

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FM HONG KONG 170720Z SEP 79

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TO ROUTINE WASHINGTON

TELEGRAM NUMBER 33 OF 17 SEPTEMBER

INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, F C O, UKMIS NEW YORK,

G ENEVA. UKMIS

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.

1. AP REPORTS THAT ROSENTHAL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WHICH RECENTLY VISITED THE REGION HAS RECOMMENDED INTER ALIA, THAT -

''THE US RESETTLE REFUGEES FASTEST FROM HONG KONG, BECAUSE THAT CITY'S POLICY OF ACCEPTING ANY BOAT PEOPLE WHO COME HAS PUT THE GREATEST REFUGEE PRESSURE ON IT."

2. GRATEFUL FOR AN EARLY COPY OF REPORT IF AVAILABLE.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

SEAD.

HK&D, UND FED. NAMD,

MEMURRAY