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RULAVLO & AZOSIPY NO. 51 2 3 FEB 1983
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FM HONG KONG 220808Z FEB 83
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 259 OF 22 FEBRUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE PARIS, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE WASHINGTON.
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS NEW YORK, UKMIS GENEVA (AND HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE), BRUSSELS (FOR HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE), GEORGETOWN, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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PARIS TELNOS 136 AND 143 TO FCO: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR PARIS' EFFORTS AND REGRET THE CONFUSION AND IRRITATION WHICH STUMPF'S PUBLIC HANDLING OF THE MATTER HAS CAUSED. FOR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST, THERE WOULD APPEAR TO BE NO (NO) PROSPECT OF RESETTLING REFUGEES IN FRENCH GUYANA, AND WE SEE LITTLE POINT IN FURTHER EFFORT AT THE MOMENT. THE FRENCH CONSULATE GENERAL HERE HAVE EXPRESSED DISPLEASURE AT STUMPF'S ACTIONS AND WE WISH TO AVOID ANY RISK OF FURTHER IRRITATING THE FRENCH ON THIS SUBJECT IN CASE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO RESETTLE THE SMALL NUMBER OF REFUGEES WHOM THEY CURRENTLY TAKE FROM HONG KONG IS AFFECTED. MEANWHILE THE CONSUL GENERAL WILL BE MEETING STUMPF LATER THIS WEEK. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY DEVELOPMENTS OF INTEREST.
2. AS SEEN FROM HERE, THERE IS THEREFORE LITTLE POINT IN ASKING THE HIGH COMMISSIONER IN GEORGETOWN TO TAKE THE SOUNDINGS SUGGESTED IN PARIS TELNO 1 TO GEORGETOWN VERY FAR.
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