6238
GRS 245
CONFIDENTIAL
FM LUXEMBOURG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 347
OF 011545Z OCTOBER 85
CONTIDENTIAL COR
INFO ROUTINE ALL EUROPEAN COMMUNITY POSTS, BERNE, VIENNA, INFO ROUTINE OSLO, STOCKHOLM, MADRID, LISBON, HELSINKI, INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG, HKGO LONDON
MY TELNO 329 (NOT REPEATED) : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. HEAD OF CHANCERY SAW DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION ON 2 OCTOBER. RAUS SAID THE 174 VIETNAMESE ACCEPTED BY LUXEMBOURG SO FAR HAD INTEGRATED WELL. HE PERSONALLY SAW NO REASON WHY MORE SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED. LUXEMBOURG WOULD PREFER FAMILY UNITS CONSISTING OF, IF POSSIBLE, THREE GENERATIONS, AND INCLUDING CHILDREN YOUNG ENOUGH TO ADAPT TO LUXEMBOURG'S LINGUISTIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS (IE PRIMARY AGE OR BELOW). THE DECISION WOULD REST WITH THE MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE.
2. THEREFORE CALLED ON THE STATE SECRETARY (DEPUTY MINISTER) AT THE MFA ON 4 OCTOBER, SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED AND LEFT A PAPER. GOEBBELS HAD TAKEN IN THE POINTS MADE BY MR RIFKIND AT THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL. HE SAID A DECISION WOULD BE FOR THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (PROBABLY ON 14 OCTOBER) BUT HIS PERSONAL REACTION WAS THAT THERE WAS NO INSUPERABLE DIFFICULTY. IT MIGHT BE BEST TO FIND NEWCOMERS WHO WOULD FIT IN WITH THOSE ALREADY HERE (MOSTLY CHINESE). DURING DISCUSSION I SAID I HAD NO INSTRUCTION TO SUGGEST A FIGURE, BUT MY PERSONAL VIEW WAS THAT LUXEMBOURG MIGHT TAKE 10 FAMILIES, TO WHICH HE DID NOT DEMUR.
3. GOEBBELS SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG MIGHT SEE CROWN PRINCE HENRI WHILE HE IS THERE AROUND 10 OCTOBER. I SUGGEST THAT IN ANY CONTACTS THEY MAY HAVE WITH THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES, THE LUXEMBOURG VISITORS SHOULD BE TOLD OF MY REPRESENTATIONS AND OF OUR HOPE THAT LUXEMBOURG CAN ACCEPT A NUMBER OF REFUGEES.
MILES
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
WED
SED
ECD's
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/ MR
RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W. HARDING
DR WILSON
нкс 243/2
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€ 7 OCT 1985
COPIES TO:
MR RAWS THORNE H/O
LUNAR House
CROYDON.
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H.K.G.O. LONDON,
DESK OFFICER
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