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Embassy meeting 20.11.85 with MFA: Japanese conscious of Hong

Kong's problems and trying to help. Expect to take 54 this year (compared with 34 in 1984). Resettlement mission might now

go to Hong Kong later this year, not '86, and will probably

interview more refugees than in previous years (Tokyo Telno 832,

folio 420)

NEW ZEALAND

Lady Young's meeting with Palmer:

meeting with Palmer: will consider sympathetically (30.9.85, folio 252)

Consulate General

General in Hong Kong: would probably seek small quota

for Hong Kong. Needs to be followed up in Wellington (Hong Kong

telno 2080, 5.10.85, folio 264)

Letter from Secretary of Foreign Affairs: if approved,

allocation of an additional 70

70 places for long stayers with no

relatives in third countries may make it possible to secure a

small, one-off allocation of places for

for refugees from Hong Kong

(Wellington teleletter 9.10.85 folio 286)

New Zealand Government have approved additional 70 places for

Indo-Chinese refugees in current immigration year, of which 10

are for Hong Kong refugees (Wellington telno 311,

folio 360)

31.10.85,

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