TNAG-1536-FCO40-2100-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1986 — Page 112

GRS 100

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FM PARIS

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 572

OF 301642Z MAY 86

AND TO ROUTINE HONG KONG

INFO ROUTINE BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA

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- 5 JUN 1986

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Action Taken

HONG KONG TELNO 1620: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

1. DR NGUYEN PHAT (ECOLES SANS FRONTIERES (ESF)) TODAY TOLD US THAT ON THE BASIS OF ORAL ASSURANCES NOW GIVEN BY THE QUA, ESF AIMED TO START OPERATIONS IN HONG KONG IN LATE JULY.

2. PROGRAMME NUMBERS WERE NOT YET SETTLED, BUT, BECAUSE OF QUAL RESERVES, WOULD BE WELL BELOW THE 450 ORIGINALLY HOPED FOR.

3. ESF STILL LACK FINANCE, BUT NGUYEN SEEMED OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR JULY. HE WILL ASK CATHAY PACIFIC IF THEY CAN PROVIDE CONCESSIONARY PARIS/HONG KONG AIR PASSAGES.

FRETWELL

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HKD

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UND

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