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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA, INFO PRIORITY OTTAWA, WELLINGTON, CANBERRA, OSLO, VIENNA, PARIS, INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, BONN, TOKYO, HKGO'S BRUSSELS, INFO PRIORITY HKGO'S NEW YORK, WASHINGTON

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THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY HAS NOW CALLED IN THE REPRESENTATIVES IN HONG KONG OF CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, SWEDEN, AUSTRIA, THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, AND GERMANY. WE HAVE EXPLAINED TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH COUNTRY THE GIST OF HMG'S WHITE PAPER WHICH RESPONDS TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS SET OUT IN THE SCORRI REPORT. WE HAVE EXPLAINED THAT A CONCERTED INTERNATIONAL EFFORT IS BEING MOUNTED BY OURSELVES AND HMG TO STIMULATE RENEWED INTEREST IN HONG KONG'S REFUGEE PROBLEM. WE HAVE ALSO ASKED THEM SPECIFICALLY TO CONSULT THEIR CAPITALS ON WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO PROVIDE MORE RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR HONG KONG'S REFUGEES.

2. IN GENERAL WE HAVE BEEN HEARD SYMPATHETICALLY AND THEY HAVE SEEN UNANIMOUS IN THEIR VIEW THAT THE BRITISH INITIATIVE WILL HELP SIGNIFICANTLY. NEVERTHELESS ON THE WHOLE THEY HAVE BEEN CAUTIOUS ON THE LIKELY RESPONSE OF THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS.

3. WE HAVE POINTED OUT THAT WE PROPOSE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH HMG, TO PURSUE OUR REQUEST AT THE UNHCR EXCOM MEETING IN GENEVA AND HAVE ASKED THEM TO ADVISE THEIR DELEGATIONS ACCORDINGLY.

4. THE CANADIANS WERE MOST SY PATHETIC BUT POINTED OUT THAT A DECISTON ON THEIR INTAKE FOR 1996 WOULD BE TAKEN SY PARLIAMENT IN LOVEMBER,

5. THE JAPANESE WERE CAUTIOUS CUT EMPHASISED THAT ALTHOUGH THEY HAD BEEN SLOW TO START THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE REFUGEES FROM MONG KUNG. WE MENTIONED THE INCREASE IN THE TOTAL JAPANESE INTAKE AND REQUESTED THAT SOME OF THIS INCREASE HIGHT BE ALLOCATED TO HONG KONG. WE WERE TOLD THAT A JAPANESE MISSION WOULD BE COMING TO HONG KONG EARLY NEXT YEAR TO INTERVIEW REFUGEES.

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