TNAG-1069-FCO40-1319-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-in-the-UK-1981 — Page 89

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HONG KONG TELNO 922 TO THE FCO AND FCO TELNO 1548 (NOT TO ALL): VIETNAMESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT: US PROGRAMME

1. PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION SETTING OVERALL REFUGEE CEILING IN FISCAL 1982 (IE STARTING 1.10.81) OF 140,000 INCLUDING 100,000 FROM SE ASIA, ISSUED ON 9 OCTOBER.

2. ACCORDING TO CUSHING, ASIAN REFUGEES OFFICE DIRECTOR AT STATE, A SHORTFALL IN THE DOMESTIC BUDGET COUPLED WITH A HEAVY INTAKE OF REFUGEES LAST MONTH, MEANT THAT THERE WERE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO SUSTAIN THE REFUGEE PROGRAMME AT CURRENT LEVELS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL 1982. ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON US RESOURCES HAS BEEN CAUSED BY THAILAND'S RECENT CRACK DOWN, WHICH IS DIVERTING REFUGEES TO MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA, IN ORDER TO AVERT DRASTIC MEASURES AGAINST REFUGEES BY THESE TWO COUNTRIES, THE AMERICANS HAVE HAD TO RAISE THEIR QUOTAS FROM THEM,

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3. CUSHING FULLY ACKNOWLEDGED HONG KONG'S SPECIAL PROBLEMS, AND SAID THE US CONSUL-GENERAL WAS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO AVOID UNDUE DISRUPTION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES (WHICH, APPARENTLY, THE AMERICANS FINANCE). HE SAID THAT, BARRING UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE AMERICANS WOULD BE ABLE TO

MAKE UP FOR THE SHORTFALL IN OFF-TAKE FROM HONG KONG STARTING IN

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, WHEN THEY EXPECT TO TAKE 2,500 AND 2,000 || RESPECTIVELY.

FCO PASS SAVING: HK GOVT OFFICE LONDON, BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA AND UKMIS GENE VA

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