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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2783
OF 100957Z DECEMBER 85
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : UNHCR RESETTLEMENT MEETING.
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FURTHER TO OUR TELNOS 2771, 2772 AND 2773, WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE UNHCR HERE THAT A RESETTLEMENT MEETING WILL BE HELD IN GENEVA
ON 13 DECEMBER. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRIORITIES FOR RESETTLEMENT
WILL BE DECIDED AT THIS MEETING. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT QUOTE THE
HIGHEST PRIORITY UNQUOTE WILL BE GIVEN TO HONG KONG'S LONG STAYERS.
2. THE UNHCR HERE PRESSED US FOR A COMMITMENT ON THE NUMBER OF ETHNIC CHINESE WHOM WE WOULD ACCEPT FOR RESETTLEMENT, AND WHEN. WE WERE ALSO PRESSED ON THE RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE.
3. WE EXPLAINED THAT THESE WERE MATTERS FOR EXCO AND WE HOPED TO
BE IN A POSITION TO SAY SOMETHING BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
4. WE FEEL THAT UKMIS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THE SPECIFIC APPROACHES
MENTIONED IN PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 2773 HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE UNHCR.
WE FEEL THAT IF UNHCR GIVES A CLEAR, FIRM PUSH THEN THE RESETTLEMENT
COUNTRIES ARE AS READY AS THEY EVER WILL BE TO RESPOND FAVOURABLY
TO HONG KONG'S REFUGEE PROBLEM.
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SIR W HARDING
MR O'NEILL MR WILSON
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