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TELNO 891

OF 161703Z OCTOBER 35

INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG

(228) MY TELNO 801: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

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1. BACKHOUSE (HONG KONG GOVERNMENT) CALLED THIS MORNING ON MARCHAND (DUMAS' CABINET) TO REINFORCE OUR LOBBYING. IN PARTICULAR HE POINTED OUT THAT ACCORDING TO UNHCR THERE WERE 46 FRENCH SPEAKERS IN THE

HONG KONG CAMPS AND 90 REFUGEES WITH CLOSE FAMILY IN FRANCE. MARCHAND, WHILE STRESSING FRENCH OBLIGATIONS TO TAKE REFUGEES FROM OTHER SE ASIAN NATIONS, SAID THAT THE FRENCH WOULD:

(A) RE-EXAMINE ALL THE APPLICATIONS FOR RESETTLEMENT IN FRANCE SO FAR MADE BY REFUGEES IN HONG KONG, AND

(3) CONSIDER ACCEPTING ALSO A SMALL NUMBER OF UNACCOMPANIED MINORS ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS.

2. BACKHOUSE-WILL REPORT MORE FULLY TOMORROW.

foodhouse

FRETWELL

LIMITED.

HKD. SEAD.

COPIES то:

MR RAWSTHORNE, HOME OFFICE

HKGO.

UND.

WED

SEA

ECA(1)

ECD(E)

PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR RENTON

PS /PUS.

SIR. W. HARDING MR. WILSON .

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MCC 24312 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

17 OCT 1985

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