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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
YOUR TELNO 70: VIETNAMESES REFUGEES: RESETTLEMENT
1. ACTION TAKEN ON YOUR TUR WITH DFA REFUGEES SECTION HEAD (GORMAN). GORMAN WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE INFORMATION AND SAID HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT AUSTRALIANS WOULD RECEIVE FAVOURABLY THE NEWS OF HONG KONG'S DECISION TO ABSORB UP TO 250 ETHNIC CHINESE REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM. HE SAID THAT AMY DECISION BY AUSTRALIA TO INCREASE FURTHER THEIR OFFTAKE FROM HONG KONG BEFORE THE END OF JUNE WOULD HAVE TO DEPEND UPON THEIR OVERALL GLOBAL QUOTA HAVING SUFFICIENT FLEXIBILITY GORMAN SAID THAT HE WOULD DISCUSS OUR REQUEST WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED AND HOPED THAT A FAVOURABLE ACCOMMODATION MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
2. GORMAN WAS GLAD TO LEARN OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE IN HONG KONG WHICH HE ACKNOWLEDGED WAS A HARD DECISION FOR THE COLONY TO TAKE.
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