TNAG-1276-FCO40-1626-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 18

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IELEGRAM NUMBER 403 OF 27 OCTOBER 1983

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YOUR TELNO 572: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

243/2

1. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO YOUR SPEAKING TO THE JAPANESE (AS

YOU DID IN ADVANCE OF THE HONOLULU CONFERENCE FCO TELNO 285)

THOUGH, AS YOU SUGGEST, AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL. OUR CONCERNS

HAVE NOT ALTERED SINCE THEN.

2.

PLEASE LET US KNOW, HOWEVER, IF YOU THONK THERE IS ANY

CHANCE OF THIS COMPLICATING, OR BEING COMPLICATED. BY, OUR CUR-

RENT EXCHANGES WITH THE JAPANESE ABOUT THE REFUGEES RESCUED BY

THE GAS TANKER GADINIA, WHO WERE LANDED IN TOKYO ON 11 OCTOBER

(FCO TELNO 389).

3. TEXT IN HONG KONG TELNO 1594 SEEMS QUITE COMPREHENSIVE.

HOWEVER, IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL OR MORE UP-TO-DATE DETAILS

AFTER THE MEETING WITH FUJII, WE HOPE HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO

SUPPLY THEM DIRECT.

4. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IN SETTING THE NEW CEILING AT

5,000 THE JAPANESE ARE IN EFFECT OFFERING AN ADDITIONAL 2,400

PLACES SINCE THEY ALREADY HAVE 2,600 RESETTLED IN JAPAN. BUT

A GOOD PROPORTION OF THESE NEW PLACES COULD GO SOME WAY TO

EASING HONG KONG'S CURRENT PROBLEMS.

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PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR LUCE

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

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