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INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG, UKREP BRUSSELS

ROT YOUR TELNO 507 TO BONN: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

1. THE GREEKS HAVE AGREED TO CONSIDER OUR REQUEST TO TAKE MORE

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. INITIAL REACTIONS

FROM A MINISTERIAL ADVISER AND OFFICIALS IN THE MFA WERE NOT

ENCOURAGING.

2. OUR ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO THE PROBLEMS THE GREEKS ALREADY

HAVE WITH OTHER REFUGEES IN CAMPS HERE AWAITING PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT (ALL PAID FOR BY THE UNHCR). THERE ARE ALREADY SEVER AL

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HERE, PICKED UP BY GREEK SHIPS, WHOM

THE GREEKS ARE TRYING TO RESETTLE PERMANENTLY ELSEWHERE, NOTABLY

IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND THE US.

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SIR W HARDING

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