TNAG-1179-FCO40-1481-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-the--1982 — Page 41

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CL" DISCUSS HAS ITH PASSADOR VINE CONFIRMED TH + FUTURE PRIVALS PROL, VIETMAN JHO DID NOT HAVE CLUSE TITS IN THE US WOULD TOT DE PEITTED TO THE UNITED STATIC. INDEED THE CRITERIA OPE TO BECCTS EVEN MORE RESTRICTED. FURTHERMORE, IN ADDITION TC DETER LLING ELIGIBILITY FOR AD ISSTU" UNDER THE FEW OFITERIA, THE "IGHT OF NEW ASPIVALS TO BE CONSIDERED AS DOFUGEES AT ALL MOLLE 1 FUTURE BE CLOSELY EXAPPYED. RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING THIE SEESSMENT WOULD REST IT THE TORATION AND NATURALISATION

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2. TER NE POLICY COULD BE EXTENSIVELY PUBLICISED. AMBASSADOR VINE HORED THAT, IF THE FLACES OF FIST ASYLU COULD, AS THE THAIS HAD DOVE, CORTRIBUTE BY (AKING TEFUGE LESS ATTRACTIVE, A STEADY DROP T THE RATE OF DEPARTURES WOULD RESULT.

3. WE EXPLAINED THE LIMITED SCOPE AVAILABLE TO HONG KONG TO DETER

SARRIVALS: THE LACK OF SPACE THE MINUN STANDARDS OF HUMANITY TO WHICH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REMAINS COMMITTED AND THE POLITE SENSITIVITY IN HONG KONG OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FACILITIES, EVEK TE POTARY ADD -LAKESHIFT ONES, FOR REFUGEES WHEN SUCH RESOURCES WERE SC SOFELY NEEDED FOR LARGE NUMBERS OF ILL-HOUSID DAD POVELESS PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, THE PROSPECTS NOW WERE THAT HONG HONG' REFUGES POPULATION WOULD BEGIN TO RISE AGAIN THIS SUMMER.

4. WE AGAIN EXPRESSED OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION AMERICA HAS MADE TOWARDS HONG KONG'S PARTICULAR REFUGEE PROELEY. WE NOTED THAT ONLY THE US VERE TAKING SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF REFUGE FRON HONG KONG. THE US CONSULATE GEMERAL STAFF ASSESS THAT THE PPLEMENTATION OF THE STRICTED CRITERIA WILL MEAN THAT ONLY BY PER

CENT TO 92 PER CENT OF LIKELY NEW ARRIVALS WILL QUALIFY FOR THE US HPCGRAVE, WE ALSO SCIATED OUT THAT WE SAY LITTLE PROSPECT OF ANY TAPTUYES IFTOMTVJETI HYCHE RATE OF ILLEGAL

(SEE DEREK TONNIN'S LETTIN OF 2 MARCH TO KEVIN SURNS).

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PASSACCP VINE EXPRESSED SYMPATHY WITH HONG KONG'S PROBLEMS. HE SAID HE HAD NOT APPRECIATED THAT SC FEW COUNTRIES HAD CURRENT RESETTLEMENT QULTAS J. ELATION TO HONG KONG. HE DID NOT HOWEVER 30 30 FAR AS TO SAY THIS MIGHT MEAN A RELAXATION TO ANY EXTENT

OF THE STRICTER CRITERIA, INDEED HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT LITTLE SHORT

CF A FURTHER MASSIVE OUTFLOW OF GENUINE REFUGEES WOULD LEAD TO ANY RELAXATION.

C. E OUTLINED THE OTHER OPTIONS IN PHILIF HADDON-CAVE'S LETTER OF

2 DECEMBER TO PLAN DONALD. THE US WERE NOT (NOT) ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT A REGIONAL HOLDING CENTRE BECAUSE WHICHEVER COUNTRY PROVIDED THE LAND WOULD EXPECT GUARANTEES OF EVENTUAL RESETTLEMENT.

THESE THE US COULD NOT (NOT) GIVE. IN ANY CASE SUCH GUARANTEES YOU PROBALLY NOT REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL FOR LONG AND THE DETERPENT AFFECT WOLLE RAPIDLY RE LOST, AMBASSADOR VINE EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST

THE IDEA OF A CAR IN SRIMA (PAPA 3 OF LVIS GENEVA TELNO 71). ₤20 THIS IDEA WAS MENTICHED TO US INFORMALLY BY CASELLA. IT APPEARS TO BE GAINING SOME MOMENTUM 11THI UNHCP. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE

EXCEPPT WHERE PERSONS POSSIBILITY AND DIFFICULTIES OF SEPATRIATION

JEFE CETURNED VOLUNTARILY,

COMMENT.

7. THIS MEETHG CONFIS.ED CUP FEARS THAT THE OYLY MAJOR REMAINING

COUPCE OF RESETTLE ENT PLACES FOR VIETUANESE REFUGEES TO WHOM

HOT & KOLO HAS AGREED TO GIVE TEMPORARY ASYLUM PENDING RESETTLEMENT WILL SPORTLY ALL BUT DRY LF. 18 YOU MAY LAGINE, THIS IS

- DISTOFENG FROERECTAVE ORE WATCH IS CAUSING US TO REVIEW AGAIN

SOME OF THE OPTIONS VESTIONED IT PHILIC HADDON-CAVE'S LETTER

UNDER PERERELCE.

9. CHCE THE NEWS OF THE HEADER GEPICAN APPROACH BECOMES GENERALLY KACKA LE SHALL BE ASKED WHAT OUR ASSESSMENT OF ITS INPLICATIONS ARE FOR HONG KONG. HE CHALL SAY THAT IT APPEARS TO REDUCE TABELI LUT CPPORTUNITIES AND WILL THEREFORE MAKE IT CRE DIFFICULT FOR L'HOR TO DISPERSE THOSE HERE.

9. WE ARE PRASSESSING OUR ESTATES OF LIKELY INFLOW AND CUTELOM

FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, I THE ENTIVE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF OTHE

FOOTE TO WHAT A COPYING THIS PEPOPT COULD COMMENT ON THE LIFTLY PRACT OF THE NEW VERICAN POLICIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE

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20. CORY OF THIS TELILETTER BEING DESPATCHED TO MASHITOON BY BAG.

ALAS TODELTED CUT THAT

T-E RATE OF ILLORAL KI'S LETER OF A MARCH

LITTLE PROSPECT OF ANY ECTURES FRC VIETHEN,

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