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TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON

TELNO 1492

OF 231145Z SEPTEMBER 85

INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG

INFO SAVING HKGO LONDON

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

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FCO GUIDANCE TELNO 125: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG:

SCORRI REPORT

1.

PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER ON 26 SEPTEMBER WILL COINCIDE

WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH MR SHULTZ. WE ARE

BRIEFING HIM TO RAISE THE SUBJECT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG

KONG BRIEFLY. WE SHALL ALSO, AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

OF UNHCR IN GENEVA (7-18 OCTOBER), BE PRESSING ALL RESETTLEMENT

COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE AMERICANS, TO ACCEPT MORE REFUGEES FROM

HONG KONG, WE SHOULD HOWEVER BE GRATEFUL IF AS SOON AS THE WHITE

PAPER IS PUBLISHED YOU COULD MAKE SEPARATE APPROACHES AT A SENIOR

LEVEL TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND ANY OTHER US GOVERNMENT

AGENCIES (EG IMMIGRATION AND NATURALISATION SERVICE?) YOU THINK

APPROPRIATE. YOU SHOULD MAKE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

(I)

(II)

WE AND THE HKG ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT THE

AMERICANS HAVE DONE TO HELP HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS: WE

ARE VERY CONSCIOUS THAT THEIR OFFTAKE FROM HONG KONG IS

THE HIGHEST OF ANY RESETTLEMENT COUNTRY.

AS THE AMERICANS ARE AWARE, IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR US

TO INCREASE OUR OWN OFFTAKE OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG IN

RECENT YEARS, DESPITE OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE

TERRITORY: INTEGRATION OF THE 19,000 VIETNAMESE

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