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FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

-ATTENTION FORD SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION FOR HE. THE GOVERNOR.

ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED AT EUROPEAN REFUGEE CONFERENCE BERGNEUSTADT

STOP SUCCEEDED TO HAVE INTERVIEW WITH WILLY BRANDT BEFORE HIS

OPENING ADDRESS RESULTING IN HIS SINGLING OUT HONGKONG AS

AREA OF SPECIAL CONCERN STOP FOLLOWED BY MEETING WITH INNEN

MINISTER BAUM WHO THEN REQUESTED MINISTERIALRAT HABERLAND TO

INVESTIGATE WHY HONGKONG HAS NOT BEEN FAIRLY TREATED STOP

MP DR MEINECKE ADDRESSED LETTER TO BUNDESKANZLER SCHMIDT WITH

COPY TO AUUENMINISTER GENSCHER AND INNEN MINISTER BAUM REFERRING

TO MY VISIT AND ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL QUOTA FOR HONGKONG STOP

ABLE TO OBTAIN SPECIAL PERMISSION TO REPORT ON HONGKONG AT

PLENARY SESSION DEALING WITH REPORTS FROM THIRTEEN EUROPEAN

COUNTRIES STOP REPORT WAS WELL RECEIVED RESULTING IN BEING

APPOINTED TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMISSION 3 OF PROFESSOR DR MELANDER

KER WITH MRS FOCKE BUNDESMINISTER AND NOW MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN

PARLIAMENT DR HAAN UNHCR GENEVA MP DR MEINECKE WALTER HAACK

CHAIRMAN EINGLIEDERUNGSAUSSCHUS BEIM BUNDESBEIRAT OF THE

INNENMINISTERIUM DR VON KOEKERITZ INNENMINISTERIUM PRAELAT

BOCKET MISERIOR AND OTHER EXPERTS STOP CHANCE THAT HONGKONG

WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR A FAIR SHARE OF ADDITIONAL QUOTA OF FIVE

THOUSAND VERY LIKELY BUT WE MUST STRIKE THE IRON AS LONG AS IT IS

HOT STOP WOULD THEREFORE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IF THIS MESSAGE

COULD BE PASSED TO FOREIGN OFFICE TO FOLLOW UP THESE LEADS

ESPECIALLY REGARDING INNENMINISTER BAUM STOP WAS FINALLY REQUESTED

TO PREPARE PAPER FOR THE INNENMINISTERIUM ON PROPOSAL FOR GLOBAL

CONFERENCE UNDER UNHCR TO ESTABLISH INTEGRATION MODEL FOR

RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES PARTICULARLY FOR GERMANY WHICH SPENDS

250 MILLION DM FOR THE INTEGRATION OF TWENTY THOUSAND VIETNAMESE

WITH UNSATISFACTORY RESULTS STOP MORE DETAILS UPON RETURN TO

HONGKONG.

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