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FOR JEAFFRESON,

S 0 S, HONG KONG

FROM WOODHOUSE BRUSSELS OFFICE

(RPTD NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, LONDON (PLEASE COPY TO LEEKS AT FCO),

GENEVA (PLEASE COPY TO ADAMS AT UKNIS))

EXCOM DISCUSSIONS: GERMAN REPRESENTATIVE

1. I MET THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE GERMAN PERMANENT MISSION, EBERHARD VON SCHUBERT, ON 14 OCTOBER. I WAS AWARE, FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS IN HONG KONG AND FROM REPORTS FROM NIGEL FRENCH. THAT THE GERMAN REACTION TO THE INITIATIVE WOULD BE NEGATIVE.

2. 1 PRESENTED OUR CASE ALONG THE LINES OF OUR SPEAKING NOTE. HE AGREED TO PASS OUR VIEWS ON TO BONN AND HE WAS SYMPATHETIC TO HONG KONG'S POSITION. HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE SHOULD NOT (NOT) EXPECT TOO MUCH.

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1 EXPLAINED THAT WE HAD 88 REFUGEES IN HONG KONG WITH CLOSE FAMILY RELATIVES IN GERMANY. I SAID THAT THESE CASES FELL WITHIN

HE SUGGESTED THAT WE APPROACH GERMAN FAMILY REUNION CRITERIA.

BONN AND THER GERMAN C.B. IN HONG KONG ON THESE CASES.

4. VON SCHUBERT THOUGHT IT UNLIKELY THAT BONN COULD DO MUCH MORE THAN CONSIDER THE FAMILY REUNION CASES. IN VIEW OF THE REACTION IN BONN, I THINK THAT OUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO PRESS IN BONN FOR THE FAMILY REUNION CASES. KEEP UP THE PRESSURE IN HONG KONG WITH THE UNHCR AND THE GERMAN C.G.

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