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A DUTCH VESSEL, THE NEDLLOYD DELFT'', RESCUED 53 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AT SEA ON 20 FEBRUARY. THEY WERE DISEMBARKED IN HONG KONG, ITS NEXT PORT OF CALL, ON 23 FEBRUARY. THEY ARE ALL RASRO CASES.

2. AT A MEETING CONVENED BY THE UNHCR HERE, A PROVISIONAL ALLOCATION OF THE REFUGEES WAS MADE. WE WERE ASKED TO REPRESENT HMG, BUT WE POINTED OUT THAT WE COULD NOT SPEAK FOR HMG. THE UNHCR HERE SAID THAT NT WOULD FORWARD THE CASES FOR UK TO THE UK REPRESENTATIVE IN SINGAPORE.

3. THE UNHCR HERE ADVISED THAT 72 OF THE 150 PLACES PLEDGED BY THE UK ARE STILL AVAILABLE. IT WISHES THE UK TO TAKE 6 CASES (7 PERSONS).

4. WE HAVE STRESSED THAT THE UNHCR SHOULD APPROACH HMG ON RASRO RESETTLEMT IN UK. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WILL APPROACH SINGAPORE. WE DO NOT WISH TO INTERFERE, BUT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ASSIST WITH INTERVIEWING, DOCUMENTATION, ETC., OF ANY RASRO CASES FOR UK.

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