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OF 230930Z OCTOBER 85
INFO HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
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OY FCO TELNO 507 TO BONN: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1.
KEN WOODHOUSE, A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO
ATTENDED THE RECENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF UNHCR IN
GENEVA AS A MEMBER OF THE UK DELEGATION, HAS ASKED US TO PASS TO
YOU THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF HIS DISCUSSION WITH DANISH
OFFICIALS:
BEGINS.
I MET JORGEN MOLDE, FIRST SECRETARY IN THE DANISH PERMANENT MISSION (DEALING WITH REFUGEES) AND SUSANNE RUBOW FROM
THE DANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DEALING WITH UNHCR
FINANCES) ON 15 OCTOBER.
I GAVE EACH A COPY OF MY SPEAKING NOTE AND PRESENTED THE
CASE FOR HONG KONG AND FOR A RESPONSE TO THE UK INITIATIVE. THEY
EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY HMA COPENHAGEN AND
SYMPATHISED WITH HONG KONG. HOWEVER, THEY HAD A QUOTA OF 250
RESETTLEMENT PLACES PER ANNUM AND THEY SOUGHT THE ADVICE OF THE
UNHCR ON HOW THEY SHOULD BE FILLED. IN ADDITION, THEY TOOK
FAMILY REUNION AND SHIP RESCUE CASES (ALTHOUGH THEY SAID THAT
THEY DID NOT TAKE RASRO CASES, DENMARK DOES PARTICIPATE).
I ASKED THEM TO CONSIDER THE 25 REFUGEES NOW IN HONG KONG
WITH CLOSE RELATIVES IN DENMARK. THEY SAID THAT THE UNHCR SHOULD
PUSH THESE CASES WHICH THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE TAKEN.
I THINK THAT WE MUST PRESS THE UNHCR (FELDMAN) TO INCLUDE
THE DANES WITH THE SWEDES AND DUTCH, AS COUNTRIES WHICH WILL
RESPOND TO A DIRECT SPECIFIC APPEAL. WE SHOULD ALSO PURSUE THE
FAMILY REUNION CASES IN HONG KONG WITH THE UNHCR AND THE DANISH
CONSULATE GENERAL.
ENDS.
2.
GRATEFUL TO KNOW HOW DANES REACTED TO YOUR OWN APPROACH
ON THIS MATTER.
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