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FM HONG KONG 150952Z JUN 81
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 591 OF 15 JUNE
HICK 34112
RECEIVED AND NATRY NO. 51 14 JUN 1981
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, LISBONAS
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OUR TELNO 584 (NOT TO ALL): VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM CHINA.
REGISTRY Action Taken
1h 77
THE PORTUGUESE CONSUL-GENERAL TOLD US TODAY THAT THERE ARE NOW
OVER 6,000 EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN MACAU. NEARLY 1,000
ARRIVED OVER THE WEEKEND. CATARINO SAID THAT REPRESENTATIONS HAD
NOW BEEN MADE TO THE CHINESE IN LISBON AND PEKING. THE RESPONSE BY
GUO JIE, HEAD OF WEST EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT, WAS EVEN LESS HELPFUL THAN THE ACCOUNT GIVEN TO PEIRCE (PEKING TELNO 38 TO US - NOT TO ALL) SUGGESTED. GUO HAD SAID THAT APART FROM SUPPLYING FULL
DETAILS AND AWAITING VERIFICATION, MACAU MUST ALSO AGREE TO KEEP
THOSE WHOM CHINA ASSESSED AS NOT HAVING RECEIVED CHINESE SUPPORT
TO ESTABLISH RESIDENCE IN CHINA.
2. THE UNHCR OFFICE IN MACAU BELIEVE SOME OF THE LARGER BOATS HAVE
LEFT FOR HONG KONG. CUR OWN INITIAL INVESTIGATION OF SOME 550 ARRIVALS ON 7 BOATS WHICH LEFT MACAU OVER THE WEEKEND SUGGESTS
THIS IS SO. A FURTHER 150 HAVE BEEN SIGHTED. APART FROM THESE
LATEST BOATS, WE HAVE NOW HAD 966 ARRIVALS THIS YEAR AND A TOTAL
OF 3,392 IN DETENTION.
3. CASELLA OF UNHCR GENEVA HAS DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM WITH
THE MACAU GOVERNOR-DESIGNATE IN LISBON. HE HAS ALSO SPOKEN TO THE
CHINESE MISSION IN GENEVA. THERE IS NOW CONSIDERABLE CONCERN BY ALL
THOSE INVOLVED THAT THE CHINESE MAY BE PREPARING TO RE-DEFINE
SETTLEMENT IN A WAY WHICH EXCLUDED CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS WHO HAVE
SPENT TWO YEARS OR LONGER IN CHINA. WE STILL HAVE NO WORD OF THE
PROMISED MEETING WITH THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES.
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