DIL W
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HKK 243
RECEIVEN 2
2
1720
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F MANILA 2608302 SEP 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 396 OF 26 SEPTEMBER
DESK OF INDEX
INFO HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR AND HANOL.
REFUGEE PROCESSING CENTRE.
1. MRS MARCOS TOLD MINISTER OF STATE TODAY THAT PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT WERE ON THE POINT OF COMPLETING THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE UNHCR'S REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THE CENTRE FOR 57,908. IT HAD BEEN DECIDED THIS SHOULD NOT BE IN PALAWAN BUT RATHER IN BATAAN, CLOSER TO MANILA.
2. MR BLAKER SAID HE HOPED THAT ACCESS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO THE CENTRE FOR REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AS THEIR FIRST COUNTRY OF ASYLUM WHO HAD FIRM RESETTLEMENT PLACES ELSEWHERE, WHILST MAKING NO
COMMITMENT MRS MARCOS DID NOT DEMUR AT THIS AND WHEN WE FOLLOW
UP WITH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WE CAN PERHAPS MAKE SOMETHING OF THE CONVERSATION,
BENTLEY
FILES
SEAD
HK & CD
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
UND
FED
EID
PUSD
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PB/MR PLAKER
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SER & DUFF
IR CORTAZZI
MR. STRABTON LORD WG LEINOZ
Reputition to....HANOL
referred for departmental decision,
repeated as requested to other posts.
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