TNAG-0972-FCO40-1191-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 77

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FM FCO 061655Z JUN 80

TO PRIORITY PEKING

НСК 24314 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

TELEGRAM NUMBER 324 OF 6 JUNE

10 JUN 1980

DESK OFFICER INDEX

ماز

PA

2.7

REGISTRY Action Taken

Awal

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Regists in (25).

FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF HMGD WAS SENT TO HONG KONG TELNO 447 OF 6 JUNE

INFO SAVING UKMIS GENEVA: LISBON: BTC HONG KONG

Whe

YOUR TELNO 734: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. PARA 5 OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE AGREED.

2. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT PORTUGUESE COUNSELLOR CALLED ON HEAD OF SED TO ASK THAT WE DO ALL WE CAN TO ENSURE A FAVOURABLE RESPONSE FROM YOU TO UNHCR'S IMMINENT APPROACH TO YOU TO TAKE 2,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM MACAU. MACHADO SAID THAT MACAU NOW HAD NEARLY 5,000 VIETNAMESE AND COULD NOT TAKE ANY MORE. HONG KONG WAS BETTER ABLE TO COPE WITH THE INFLUX AND 30,000 HAD..LEFT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHILST MACAU HAD ONLY GOT RID OF 500. MACAU HAD AFTER ALL TAKEN 866 FROM HONG KONG IN 1978.

3. DAUNT GAVE NO UNDERTAKING THAT A FAVOURABLE RESPONSE WOULD BE

FORTHCOMING.

4. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS.

CARRINGTON

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