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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 316 OF 3 MARCH, 1980

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND UKMIS GENEVA.

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MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 286: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

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RESETTLEMENT IN U.K.

1. DURING THE COURSE OF HIS VISIT LAST WEEK THE HIGH COMMISSIONER

FOR REFUGEES, MR. FOUL HARTLING UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE U.K. RESETTLEMENT QUOTA ON THE RATE OF DEPARTURE OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. HE HOPED THAT THE U.K. WOULD BE ABLE TO RESETTLE VIETNAMESE FROM HONG KONG AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UNHCR HAVE NOTED THAT THE MONTHLY OFFTAKE FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WAS MUCH LESS THAN FOR EACH OF THE MONTHS OF THE LAST QUARTER OF 1979.

2. WE REMAIN CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST TO SPEED UP THE PROGRAMME FROM MARCH ONWARDS. WE SHOULD BE GLAD TO KNOW THE OUTCOME OF CONSIDERATION OF THIS IN THE HOME OFFICE. NO DOUBT YOU WILL WISH TO PASS ON MR. HARTLING'S

COMMENTS TO THEM.

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