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TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA

TELEGRAM NUMBER 34 OF 13 FEBRUARY

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKDIS GENEVA.

OELECON NAOH/ADAMS: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

BY MR LUCE, 11/12 MARCH

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VISIT TO GENEVA

1 GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD APPROACH UNHCR (LIAISING AS

NECESSARY WITH UKDIS) INFORMING THEM THAT MR LUCE WILL

BE IN GENEVA ON 11/12 MARCH, AND TELLING THEM OF HIS

WISH TO HOLD TALKS WITH THEM. HE HOPES TO DISCUSS

VIETNAMESe refugeeS AND PRIMARILY THE PROBLEM POSED

BY HONG KONG'S CASELOAD OF SOME 12,000 UNRESETTLED

REFUGEES. YOU MAY WISH TO MENTION THE REFERENCE MR

LUCE MADE TO CALLING ON UNHCR AT THE 4 FEBRUARY SCORRI

INQUIRY HEARING.

2 WE SHALL PROVIDE YOU WITH BRIEFING NEARER THE TIME. "WE PROPOSE TO COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

I) HONG KONG RESETTLEMENT PROBLEM:

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II) SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN DEFENSIVE SQUARE BRACKETS END HONG

KONG CLOSED CAMPS:

III)

IV)

REPATRIATION: IN GENERAL, AND FROM HONG KONG

IN PARTICULAR. DISCUSSION OF TACTICS FOR APPROACHING

VIETNAMESE ON THIS:

SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN DEFENSIVE WITH REFERENCE TO HONG KONG

SQUARE BRACKETS END LOCAL AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION:

V) A POSSIBLE FURTHER INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE E.G.

A CONFERENCE ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES:

VI) THE QUESTION OF 'ECONOMIC' REFUGEES FROM INDO-

CHINA. THE CONFERRING OF REFUGEE STATUS ON THOSE

LEAVING INDO-CHINA:

VII) RASRO:

VIII) ODP:

THAI ANTI-PIRACY PROGRAMME.

IX)

3 FOR HONG KONG.

PLEASE LET US KNOW OF ANY ADDITIONAL

REGISTRY

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