TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 183

00 MANILA (DESKBY 0701002)

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RR SINGAPORE

RR BANGKOK

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FM FCO 062000Z SEPTEMBER 79

TO IMMEDIATE MANILA

TELEGRAM NUMBER 202 OF 6 SEPTEMBER

AND TO ROUTINE JAKARTA

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

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ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 375 AND JAKARTA TELEGRAMS NOS 235 AND 248: 1662A REFUGEE PROCESSING CENTRES

1. AT THE JAKARTA MEETING IN MAY OUR REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT

WE WERE PREPARED TO CONSIDER A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE

COST OF THE GALANG PROCESSING CENTRE IN INDONESIA PROVIDED THAT

HONG KONG'S INTERESTS WERE MET. BUT WE NOW CONSIDER THAT GALANG

AND THE OTHER CENTRES CAN BE ADEQUATELY FUNDED FROM THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNHCR FUNDS ANNOUNCED AT GENEVA (20/21 JULY)

INCLUDING BY THE JAPANESE OFFER.

2.

PLEASE INFORM PAEFFGEN OF THIS AND ADD THAT, IN OUR VIEW, IT .

IS INEQUITABLE FOR AN INTERNATIONALLY FUNDED FACILITY TO BE CLOSED

TO REFUGEES WHO HAPPEN TO HAVE ARRIVED AT A POINT WHICH IS NOT IN AN

ASEAN COUNTRY. OUR OFFER TO CONTRIBUTE TO GALANG'S COSTS WAS, IN

ANY CASE, MADE BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT'S LATER DECISION TO CONTRI-

BUTE 5 MILLION WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED AT GENEVA FOR DEALING WITH

THE REFUGEE PROBLEM.

3. WE NOTE THE REFERENCE IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 3 TO FILIPINO

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