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INFO ROUTINE FCO, STOCKHOLM, THE HAGUE, WASHINGTON, NEW YORK
INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, COPENHAGEN, HELSINKI, BONN, TOKYO
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YOUR TELNO 21: VIETNAMESE : UNHCR RESETTLEMENT MEETING.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU EFFORTS ON OUR BEHALF.
MKK 243/1
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23 JAN1986
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2. WE WERE INFORMED (NOT CONSULTED) ABOUT COOPER'S VISIT WHICH
BE BEFORE THE EXCO MEETING ON RASRO. WE WILL HAVE CONSIDERABLE
DIFFICULTY DISCUSSING THIS MATTER AND HIS JOURNEY MAY BE WASTED.
3. WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE UNHCR HAS NOT (NOT) SUBMITTED A LIST
OF RESETTLEMENT CASES TO SWEDEN. WOODHOUSE DISCUSSED THIS WITH
COOPER, FELDMAN AND MARIE SJOLANDER (FROM THE SWEDISH MFA) IN
OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
4. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW OF EXCO'S DECISION ON THE RESETTLEMENT OF
ETHNIC CHINESE IN HONG KONG SO THAT YOU CAN INFORM THE DUTCH.
5. THE AMERICANS CONTINUE TO GENERALISE ABOUT RESETTLEMENT. AT A
MEETING HERE YESTERDAY THEY SAID THAT THEY HOPED TO CONTINUE THE IR
OFFTAKE IN 1986 AT THEIR 1985 LEVELS. THEY APPEAR TO BE WAITING FOR
THE REPORT FROM GOVERNOR RAY'S PANEL, WHICH IS EXPECTED IN MARCH.
6. THE AUSTRALIANS CONTINUE TO BE MYSTERIOUS ABOUT THEIR INCREASE
FROM 600 TO 800 (THE INCREASE FROM 400 TO 600 HAS BEEN IMPLIMENTED).
WE DO NOT (NOT) KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN BY QUOTE SUPPORT FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES UNQUOTE. IN A PRIVATE DISCUSSION WITH THE AUSTRAL HAN
CONSUL DEALING WITH IMMIGRATION (RAMSAY), WOODHOUSE WAS TOLD THAT
THE SECOND 200 WOULD BE FORTHCOMING IF:
(A) THERE WERE SUFFICIENT POTENTIAL CANDIDATES IN HONG KONG, AND
(B) IF THERE WERE SURPLUS PLACES IN THEIR REGIONAL QUOTA.
7. WE HAVE NOT HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT IT FOLLOWS THE PRACTICE
ADOPTED BY THE CANADIANS, AND BRIEFLY LAST YEAR, BY THE AMERICANS.
WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED IF WE HEAR MORE.
8 WE NOTE THE REACTION FROM THE BANES, FINNS AND GERMANS.
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