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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK INFO PRIORITY HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO BRUSSELS

INFO SAVING HKGO LONDON

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YOUR TELNO 373, YOUR TELNO 1867 ́TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO 1649: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1.

EXTERNAL CONFIRM THE INITIAL ALLOCATION FOR 1986 AS GIVEN IN TURS (IE 650, UP 50 ON 1985 FIGURE).

2.

THE CANADIANS WILL CERTAINLY BE LOOKING AT THEIR FIGURES AGAIN EARLY IN 1986 AND OFFICIALS ARE CONFIDENT THAT UPWARD REVISION FOR HONG KONG WILL TAKE PLACE AGAIN. BUT THEY WOULD PREFER NOT TO BE QUOTED, AND NOT TO BE PINNED DOWN TO A FIGURE OF 500 PLACES.

3. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT THE LINE TO TAKE (PARA 5 OF HONG KONG TELNO 2649) SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING:

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE CANADIANS FOR THE MODEST INCREASE IN THE IR

A REGIONAL PROPOSED HONG KONG OFF-TAKE FOR 1986 IN THE FACE OF REDUCTION. WE HOPE THAT, AS IN 1985, RE-EXAMINATION OF THE FIGURES EARLY IN THE YEAR WILL MAKE AN UPWARD REVISION POSSIBLE. IN 1985 THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION OF 600 WAS REVISED UPWARD TO 1100.

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