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JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY

FROM: WOODHOUSE, BRUSSELS OFFICE

(RPTD: NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, GENEVA (PLEASE COPY TO ADAMS AT

UKMIS), LONDON (PLEASE COPY TO LEEKS AT FCO))

EXCOM DISCUSSIONS: DANISH REPRESENTATIVES

1. 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 P.A. 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 NOT TAKE RASRO CASES, DEN, MARK DOES PARTICIPATE).

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THAT THEY DID

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.

4. I THINK THAT WE MUST PRESS THE UNHCR (FELDMAN) TO INCLUDE THE WHICH WILL RESPOND DANES WITH THE SWEDES AND DUTCH, AS COUNTRIES

TO A DIRECT SPECIFIC APPEAL. WE SHOULD ALSO PURSUE THE FAMILY REUNION CASES IN HONG KONG WITH THE UNHCR AND THE DANISH C.G.

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FOR LEEKS: YOU MAY WISH TO PASS THIS TO COPENHAGEN.

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