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INFO ROUTINE OTTAWA, HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA.
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YOUR TELNO 261: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. WHILE AUSTRALIA WAS ABLE TO INCREASE ITS QUOTA TO 600 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR (1935/36), SEVERE COST CUTTING EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN A NUMBER OF AUSTRALIA'S REFUGEE PROGRAMMES
DESIGNED TO ALLOW MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF RESOURCES FOR
FAMILY REUNION SEEMS LIKELY TO RULE OUT ANY INCREASE IN THE
QUOTAS FOR HONG KONG OR, INDEED, ELSEWHERE. ALTHOUGH THE REVIEW OF QUOTAS IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION, THE SITUATION
APPEARS TO BE GLOOMY. THE REVIEW IS IN EFFECT A REALLOCATION
OF RESOURCES NECESSITATING A RE-ASSIGNMENT OF QUOTAS AND DFA
ARE INCLINED TOWARDS A PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOK. IT IS HOWEVER TOO
EARLY TO TELL WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THE REVIEW AND NO-ONE IS
WILLING TO SPECULATE. IT FOLLOWS THAT NO COMMITMENT FOR HONG
KONG CAN BE GIVEN AT THE MOMENT.
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