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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA, INFO PRIORITY HKGO'S BRUSSELS, GENEVA, WASHINGTON, NEW YORK
UNHCR EXCOM: SCORRI REPORT
FOR: LEEKS
FROM:WOODHOUSE
UKMIS GENEVA'S TELNO 341 QUITE RIGHTLY POINTS OUT (PAT PARA 4) THAT WE ENVISAGE SIMULTANEOUS APPROACHES BY HMG, HONG KONG, AND THE UNHCR TO OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO SEEK A FAVOURABLE RESPONSE TO THE UK INITIATIVE. WE FEEL THAT HMG'S AND HONG KONG'S APPRAOCHES SHOULD BE CO-ORDINATED, BUT IT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAT THEY BE COMPITABLE. IT IS INEVITABLE THAT WE SHOULD VIEW THE PROBLEM OF HONG KONG'S VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT WE ARE BOTH SAYING THE SAME THING TO THE OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES, VIZ: ''HMG HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO TAKE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. WILL YOU DO THE SAME?''
2. IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMPATABILITY, WE HAVE ALREADY AGREED THAT YOU WILL LET US SEE A COPY OF THE GUIDANCE TELEGRAM THAT YOU WILL BE SENDING TO THE RELEVANT OVERSEAS POSTS. ON THE BASIS OF THIS, WE SHALL BE SENDING OUR OWN GUIDANCE TELEGRAM TO OUR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
3. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WILL, SUBSEQUENTLY, BE SENDING INSTRUCTIONS TO CERTAIN POSTS TO LOBBY FOR ADDITIONAL RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR HONG KONG. WE SHALL HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS IN WHAT WE SAY TO COMMISSIONERS AND CONSULS-GENERAL HERE AND TO REPRESENTATIVES AT EXCOM, AND IN THE SPEAKING NOTES WHICH WE LEAVE WITH THEM, AGAIN, IT WOULD HELP IF WE COULD HAVE SOME IDEA IN ADVANCE OF THE GENERAL LINE THAT THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL TAKE (WE APPRECIATE THAT EACH WILL BE TAILORED TO SUIT THE INDIVIDUAL POST).
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