TNAG-1179-FCO40-1481-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-the--1982 — Page 51

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FI F C O 031300Z MAR 82

TO INMEDIATE HONG KONG

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TELEGRAM NUMDER 145 OF 3 MARCH

INFO WASHINGTON

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

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1. FIRST SECRETARY US EMBASSY HERE RANG TODAY TO SEEK INFORMAL COMMENTS ON WASHINGTON TELEGRAM TO US SOUTH EAST ASIAN POSTS ON HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REQUEST THAT US GOVERNMENT MAKE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ONLY THOSE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WITH CLOSE TIES WITH U S, 1.E. EXCLUDING CATEGORIES 40 AND 43, WOULD IN FUTURE BE CONSIDERED FOR RESETTLEMENT.

2. WE WERE UNAWARE OF THIS. GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS.

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