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15 OCTOBER 1985

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FOR GEORGE HO FROM GENEVA (WO0)

PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO JEAFFRESON, 9 FOR 9 FROM WOODHOUSE IN GENEVA (RPTD. HKGO IN BRU, WAS, NY AND LON (COPY FOR LEEKS IN FCO PLEASE) AND C.C. ADAMS IN UKMIS, GENEVA)

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EXCOM DISCUSSIONS: REPRESENTATIVES FROM NORWAY

I MET MRS. RUTH RYSTE. DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT REFUGEE AGENCY AND LEIF AUNE THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REFUGEE AGENCY ON 11 OCTOBER.

2. 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 THI 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.

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3. 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 WE SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE OF NORWAY IN HONG KONG.

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EXCOM DISCUSSIONS: AUSTRIA

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I MET DR. ERICH KUSSBACH FROM THE AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON 14 OCTOBER.

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HE SAID THAT HE WAS SYMPATHETIC TO HONG KONG'S POSITION. BUT THIS WAS A MATTER FOR THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. HE WOULD HAND MY SPEAKING NOTE TO HIM ON HIS RETURN TO VIENNA. HOWEVER, AUSTRIA'S PRESSING REFUGEE PROBLEMS FROM EASTERN EUROPE MEANT THAT HE WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT A FAVOURAZLE RESPONSE.

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