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Action Taken

OF 231615Z SEPTEMBER 85

AND TO IMMEDIATE PARIS, COPENHAGEN, THE HAGUE, BRUSSELS, ROME,

DUBLIN, ATHENS, LUXEMBOURG, BERNE, VIENNA, OSLO, STOCKHOLM,

MADRID, LISBON, HELSINKI

INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG, UKREP BRUSSELS

INFO SAVING HKGQ ZONDON

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FCO GUIDANCE TELNO 125: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: SCORRI

REPORT

1.

AS ENVISAGED IN PARA 13 OF TUR, WE ARE INSTRUCTING

SELECTED POSTS TO APPROACH THEIR HOST GOVERNMENTS IMMEDIATELY

AFTER THE WHITE PAPER IS PUBLISHED ON 26 SEPTEMBER. UKMIS GENEVA

WILL ALSO BE ASKING UNHCR TO TAKE PARALLEL ACTION WITH THOSE

GOVERNMENTS.

2.

WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE ACCEPTED THE FOLLOWING

NUMBERS OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG SINCE 1975:

W GERMANY

2,398

(44)

FRANCE

1,608

(133)

DENMARK

1,089

(57)

NETHERLANDS

618

(23)

BELGIUM

176

(12)

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