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1. PEREZ DEL ARCO TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL MINISTER HOW GRATIFIED HE WAS BY HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG LAST YEAR. HE SAID THAT THOUGH NO FIRM DECISION HAD YET BEEN REACHED, SPAIN WAS READY TO TAKE A CONTINGENT OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG, PERHAPS IN THE SECOND HALF OF FEBRUARY. ONE CONTINGENT FROM THAILAND ARRIVED SHORTLY BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THE TIMING OF THAT FROM HONG KONG WOULD DEPEND PARTLY ON ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH THE SPANISH CONSUL GENERAL IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO SET IN HAND, AND PARTLY ON WHETHER THOSE FROM HONG KONG WOULD COME BEFORE OR AFTER A SECOND GROUP FROM THAILAND.

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