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COPENHAGEN 301500Z AUG 79
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 003 OF 30 AUGUST
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INFO PRIORITY FCO, WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA HKK 243/1
ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON
YOUR TEL NO 1222 TO FCO: ''ANNA MAERSK’'
(637)
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1. WE PASSED THIS. INFORMATION TO THE MFA WHO HAD NOT YET
HAD A REPORT FROM THE DANISH CONSUL GENERAL. THEIR IMMEDIATE
REACTION WAS ONE OF DISAPPOINTMENT. THEIR INFORMATION WAS THAT
MANY OF THIS GROUP HAD RELATIVES IN THE US AND WOULD THEMSELVES
WISH IF POSSIBLE TO BE RESETTLED THERE. BUT PROCESSING BY US
REPRESENTATIVES MIGHT TAKE LONGER THAN TWO WEEKS AND IN THAT
EVENT CANDIDATES FOR THE US MIGHT HAVE TO BE TEMPORARILY ACCOMMODATED
HERE, OUT OF CONVENIENT REACH FOR UNHCR AND US PROCESSING TEAMS. WE SAID THE DANISH GOVERNMENT'S READINESS TO HONOUR ITS, COMMITMENT WAS IN NO WAY QUESTIONED, BUT THAT YOUR WISH TO
ESTABLISH A TIME LIMIT WAS REASONABLE.
2, THE DANISH AUTHORITIES ARE NOW URGENTLY CONSIDERING THEIR
RESPONSE. IF, IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT POSSIBLE RESETTLEMENT IN THE US, YOU COULD ACCEPT A LONGER TIME LIMIT, PARTICULARLY FOR POTENTIAL FAMILY RE-UNIFICATION CASES, IT WOULD NO DOUBT BE MUCH APPRECIATED HERE.
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