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TO TELELETTER FCO
TELELETTER FILE REF 243/1
OF 10154OZ DECEMBER 85
AND TO TELELETTER HONG KONG, NEW YORK, UKMIS GENEVA
FROM C N R PRENTICE, WASHINGTON-
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CE LEEKS ESQ; HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO
HONG KONG (FOR WOODHOUSE)
NEW YORK CG (FOR DORWARD)
UKMIS GENEVA
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: US POLICY
1.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROD STATE ON DOUGLAS'S UNDERTAKING (OUR TELNO 2752) TO TRY TO PRODUCE A QUICK GESTURE OF SUPPORT FOR THE RE-SETTLEMENT PROGRAMME.
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HECKLINGER (DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF REFUGEE ADMISSIONS) TOLD ME ON 9 DECEMBER THAT NO DECISION- WOULD BE TAKEN ON QUOTAS UNTIL GOVERNOR RAY'S PANEL (GOMERSALL'S TELELETTER OF 25 OCTOBER) HAD REPORTED, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY NOT NOW BE BEFORE LATE JANUARY. AND THE PANEL MIGHT DECIDE THAT OTHER REGIONAL CASES WERE MORE URGENT, EG THE CAMBODIANS IN THAILAND. IN FY 85, ACCORDING TO US RECORDS, HONG KONG HAD RECORDED THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE DECREASE IN QUOTE FIRST ASYLUM POPULATION UNQUOTE WITHIN SOUTH EAST ASIA. AGAINST THOSE FIGURES, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THEIR OFFICE TO RECOMMEND MORE FAVOURABLE TREATMENT STILL.
3. THIS IS DEPRESSING CONFIRMATION OF THE NEWS IN HONG KONG TELNO 2649. BUT, HAVING GIVEN ME THE HARD LINE, AS SHE CALLED IT, HECKLINGER SAID THAT SHE WOULD REPORT OUR FURTHER REMINDER TO HER DIRECTOR (PURCELL) ON HIS RETURN NEXT WEEK.
STATE HAD ASKED ALL POSTS IN THE REGION TO REPORT THE NUMBERS OF REFUGEES PROCESSED WITHIN THEIR QUOTAS TO DATE. IF THE FIGURES ALLOWED, A SMALL US GESTURE ON HONG KONG REFUGEES WAS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION PERHAPS ACCEPTANCE OF A FURTHER 50.
4. WE SHALL PROD AGAIN EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR SIGNED CNR PRENTICE
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