TNAG-1277-FCO40-1627-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 100

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 94 OF 17 NOVEMBER

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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

YOUR TELNO 110: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.

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1. WE MET FUJI AND SUGIMOTO YESTERDAY. FUJM WAS AWARE OF YOUR DISCUSION WITH ONDA AND MADE THE SAME POINTS. HE STRESSED THAT JAPAN COULD NOT COMMIT ITSELF TO DOING MORE FOR HONG KONG THAN TO MAINTAIN THE PRESENT (LOW) RATE OF OFFTAKE, BUT HE SPECIFICALLY DID NOT RULE THIS OUT. WE REHTERATED OUR HOPE THAT THE JAPANESE WOULD TAKE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, EVEN IF GRADUALLY AND IN SMALL NUMBERS, AND THAT WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR WHATEVER THEY COULD DO FOR US.

2. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS NOTHING HERE THAT WE CAN PURSUE FOR THE MOMENT. BUT FUJHN SEEMED TO INDICATE THAT THE DOOR IS NOT CLOSEDR TO SOME MORE HELP BENING GIVEN TO HONG KONG IN THE FUTURE THAN IS POSSIBLE AT PRESENT, AND ON THIS BASIS WE SHALL CONTINUE TO

PROD THE JAPANESE IN THE COURSE OF OUR REGULAR CONTACTS. GRATEFUL *IF YOU WOULD DO THE SAME.

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