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CONFIDENTIAL
TT FCOLN
TT GEMIS
FM HOKON TO FCOLN
200755Z JUN
GRS 200
CONFIDENTINAL
FM HONG KONG
TO TELETTER FCO
TELETTER NFR
OF 200755Z JUNE 86
INFO TELETTER UKMIS GENEVA
FROM: K.J. WOODHOUSE, SECURITY BRANCH, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
FOLLOWING FOR: MR D.J. BARTON, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO
COPHES TO
MISS D.J. WALKER, UKMIS GENEVA
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: RESETTLEMENT DURING 1986
SINCE SENDING OUR TELNO 1875 WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR LETTER OF 3
JUNE REGARDING RESETTLEMENT IN FRG. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES
HN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE OFFTAKE AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD
BE USEFUL #F WE COULD COMPARE NOTES:
(A) WE MENTIONED THAT 70 REFUGEES HAD BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE
NETHERLANDS. YOU HAVE POINTED OUT THAT 50 REFUGEES WILL BE
ACCEPTED PLUS 23 DISABLED CASES AND 7 FAMILY REUNION CASES.
(B) WE MENTIONED THAT NORWAY WOULD TAKE 100 REFUGEES BUT WE HAVE
JUST BEEN INFORMED BY THE CONSULE GENERAL HERE THAT NORWAY WILL
TAKE 75 FROM HONG KONG (BUT 100 FROM THE REGION AS A WHOLE).
(C) WE MENTIONED THAT LUXEMBOURG WOULD TAKE 10 REFUGEES, BUT YOU
SUGGESTED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE 20 FAMILIES.
(D) WE MENTIONED THAT FRANCE HAD AGREED TO CONSIDER 30 FAMILY
REUNION CASES BUT YOU SUGGESTED 13 FAMILY REUNION CASES PLUS
THE POSSIBILITY OF A MONTHLY OFFTAKE OF 10.
(E) WE THOUGHT THAT BELGIUM WOULD TAKE 30 FAMILY REUNION CASES
BUT YOU SAID THAT THEY WOULD TAKE UP TO 50 FAMILY REUNION CASES
#IN ADDITION TO 50 REFUGEES.
(F) WE HAD HIGNORED GREECE AND ARE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THERE IS A
POSSIBLITY THAT GREECE WILL TAKE 6 REFUGEES.
2. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS AND THOSE OF UKMIS
GENEVAL ON THE OFFTAKE FROM HONG KONG THIS YEAR. FOR CONVENIENCE
WE HAVE CONSIDERED THE OFFTAKE SEPARATELY IN TERMS OF A QUOTA
AND FAMILY REUNION CASES. WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR VIEWS IN THE SAME
TWO CATEGORIES OF RESETTLEMENT FROM HONG KONG AS YOU SEE IT.
...K.J. WOODHOUSE
SIGNED.....
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