TNAG-0974-FCO40-1193-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-in-other--1980 — Page 149

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FM BONN 1716157 APR 32

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 004 OF 17 APRIL

INFO BMG BERLIN, FRANKFURT, STUTTGART, HAMBURG

INFO SAVING FCO, DUESSELDORF, MUNICH

YOUR TELNO 7: DR STUMPF

1. WE AND THE CONSULATES-GENERAL WILL DO OUR BEST TO ARRANGE SUITABLE APPOINTMENTS FOR DR STUMPF. THE AUSWAERTIGES AMT TOLD US THIS MORNING THAT THERE WERE NOW ONLY A VERY FEW PLACES LEFT FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WITHIN THE FRG RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME AND THAT THEY SAW LITTLE HOPE OF GETTING THE LAENDER GOVERNMENTS TO INCREASE THEIR QUOTAS. THIS UNDERLINES THE NEED TO GET HONG KONG'S CASE ACROSS, AND WE SHALL TRY TO ARRANGE NEWSPAPER AND TELEVISION INTERVIEWS FOR DR STUMPF.

2. THE DATES OF 5-8 MAY FALL DURING A BUNDESTAG RECESS AND JUST BEFORE IMPORTANT LAND ELECTIONS IN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIX APPOINTMENTS WITH POLITICIANS ETC DURING THIS PERIOD AND WE SUGGEST (AND 3MG BERLIN AGREE) THAT DR STUMPF SHOULD TRANSPOSE BONN AND BERLIN IN HIS ITINERARY. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF HE AGREES.

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