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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 801
OF 26110OZ SEPTEMBER 85
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 507 TO BONN: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. FIRST SECRETARY CHANCERY TOOK ACTION THIS MORNING WITH PICART, HEAD OF DEPT FOR FOREIGNERS IN FRANCE AT THE QUAI. HE LEFT A PIECE OF PAPER BASED ON PARA 4 OF TUR AND ON GUIDANCE TELNO 125, AND REFERRED TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE PUS'S RAISING THIS WITH ROSS ON
30 SEPTEMBER.
2. PICART REPLIED BY DESCRIBING THE CURRENT POLICY OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, THE PROBLEMS IN OTHER SE ASIAN COUNTRIES AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF INTEGRATION INTO FRENCH SOCIETY OF VIETNAMESE WITH NO PARTICULAR CONNECTION WITH FRANCE. HE JUDGED IT VERY UNLIKELY THAT FRANCE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO MORE. FRY UNDERLINED THE EFFORT THAT BRITAIN NOW INTENDED TO MAKE AND THE CUMULATIVE BENEFIT WHICH COULD FLOW IF SMALL EXTRA MOVES WERE MADE BY ALL THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES. FRANCE HAD RECENTLY AGREED WITH MEDECINS DU MONDE TO TAKE
UP TO 150 EXTRA REFUGEES WHOM THE CHARITY PICKED UP IN THE SEA OFF VIETNAM. AN EFFORT OF THIS KIND FOR HONG KONG WOULD HELP GREATLY. PICART SAID THAT THE DECISION WAS NOT FOR HIM BUT HE WOULD ENSURE THAT OUR APPROACH WAS CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND WOULD BRIEF
ROSS.
FRETWELL
REPEATED AS REQUESTED
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
WED
SED
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COPIES TO:
MR RAWSTHORNE, HOME OFFICE, H K GO.
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PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR RENTON
PS/FUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
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