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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
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261) YOUR TELNO 150: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
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KEN WOODHOUSE, A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO HAS
BEEN ATTENDING 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 DISCUSSIONS WITH
REPRESENTATIVES FROM NORWAY:
BEGINS
I MET MRS RUTH RYSTE, DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT REFUGEE
AGENCY AND LEIF AUNE THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REFUGEE
AGENCY ON 11 OCTOBER.
I MADE THE CASE FOR HONG KONG ALONG THE LINES SET OUT
IN OUR SPEAKING NOTE, WHICH I HANDED TO THEM. THEY HEARD ME
OUT VERY SYMPATHETICALLY. I MADE THE POINT THAT WE WERE NOT
(NOT) THINKING OF LARGE DRAMATIC GESTURES BECAUSE THIS WOULD
PROVOKE A PULL FROM VIETNAM. THEY ACCEPTED THIS AND AGREED TO
FORWARD THE SPEAKING NOTE TO OSLO.
DESPITE GENTLE PROBING FROM ME, THEY DID NOT SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL 100 MENTIONED BY OSLO. HOWEVER,
DESPITE THEIR RETICENCE, WE MUST KEEP THIS OFFER IN VIEW. I FEEL THAT UKMIS GENEVA AND HMA OSLO SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD AND
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