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FOR : JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY
FROM: WOODHOUSE IN NEW YORK
21 OCT 85
NY/GEN/79
Do Walle
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+ A1 copy to der Nash SEAD
COPIED TO : H.K.6. OFFICES IN WASHINGTON, BRUSSELS,
GENEVA (PL COPY TO ADAMS AT UKMIS) LONDON (PL COPY TO LEEKS AT FCO)
DISCUSSIONS IN LONDON WITH WALKER, HKD, FCO
MKK 24 312
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
22 OCT 1985
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I SPOKE BRIEFLY TO OLIVIA WALKER ON 18 OCTOBER. SHE EXPLAINED THAT VAN EGMOND HAD LOBBIED QUITE STRONGLY FOR HONG KONG TO AGREE TO PROVIDE A RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE. HE ASKED HER TO PURSUADE ME. OBVIOUSLY THE AMERICANS ARE VERY KEEN TO HAVE A RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE ANYWHERE, BUT PREFERABLY IN HONG KONG. I WILL BE SEEING VAN EGMOND IN WASHINGTON AND WILL TRY TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHY THEY ARE SO KEEN.
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WALKER ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE HOME OFFICE HAD BEEN TOLD BY THE UNHCR THAT IT COULD NOT (NOT) PAY FOR THE TRANSIT OF THE UK'S 550 FAMILY REUNION CASES. SHE SAID THAT THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WERE INVESTIGATING WHETHER FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE FROM OTHER SOURCES, ALTHOUGH SHE THOUGHT THIS UNLIKELY, SHE THOUGHT THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE ASKED TO PAY.
3. I SAID THAT WE HAD NEVER PAID FOR ANY RESETTLEMENT AND, ANYWAY WE HAD OUR OWN RESOURCE PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG. BUT I SAID THAT I
WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT IN HONG KONG ON MY RETURN. GRATEFUL IF SIMON SIT WOULD FIND OUT THE PRESENT PRACTICE.
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FINALLY, I READ THROUGH HER FILE AND BROUGHT MYSELF UP-TO-DATE ON THE TELEGRAMS FROM CAPIALS. I NOTED THAT SOME HAD NOT (NOT) BEEN COPIED TO HONG KONG. WALKER AGREED TO CHECK AND COPY/THEM TO US.
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