OCMIAN 4769
CONFIDENTIAL
PP HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
3115152 DEC
GRS 197
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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OF 311515Z DECEMBER 85
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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
INFO SAVING HKGO LONDON
UKMIS GENEVA'S LETTER (WALKER/LEEKS) OF 20 DECEMBER AND YOUR
TELNO 38 TO WASHINGTON: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1.
LETTER UNDER REFERENCE, COPIED TO YOU, PROVIDES A FURTHER
USEFUL ROUNDUP OF UNHCR VIEWS ON HOW OUR DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE NOW
STANDS WITH THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES. PARA 27 INDICATES THAT
THE PLANNED UNHCR RESETTLEMENT MEETING MAY NOW BE IN MID
RATHER THAN EARLY JANUARY. PARA 28 SUGGESTS THAT IT WOULD BE
VERY USEFUL TO HAVE AN INDICATION OF YOUR VIEWS BOTH ON LOCAL
ABSORPTION AND THE RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE IN ADVANCE OF THE
MEETING. ANYTHING POSITIVE THAT WE COULD SAY ON EITHER ISSUE
COULD BE USEFULLY DEPLOYED IN OUR FURTHER APPROACHES TO THE
RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES AT THE MEETING. CONVERSELY, IF WE ARE
UNABLE TO SAY ANYTHING POSITIVE WE MAY WELL FIND OUR LEVERAGE
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES VERY LIMITED.
2.
GRATEFUL IF UKMIS GENEVA WOULD INFORM US BOTH AS EARLY AS
POSSIBLE OF THE DATE(S) FOR THE MEETING, BEARING IN MIND THAT THE
NOTICE GIVEN BY UNHCR MAY BE SHORT.
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SIR W HARDING
DR WILSON
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