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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2335
OF 1113552 SEPTEMBER 86
INFO ROUTINE OTTAWA, CANBERRA, TOKYO, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG
144.
YOUR TELNO 1581: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1.
THE U.S. RESPONSE TO OUR DEMARCHE (OUR TELNO 2231) WAS
ESSENTIALLY NON-COMMITTAL: THEIR RESERVATIONS ON UK PARTICIPA-
TION IN THE HONOLULU GROUP (IGC) RELATE TO TIMING RATHER THAN
PRINCIPLE.
2. WE WOULD SEE NO OBJECTION, THEREFORE, TO TALKING TO THE
AMERICAN AGAIN IN THE TERMS SUGGESTED IN TUR. THE APPROACHES
IN PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 COULD PERHAPS BE COMBINED BY OUR MENTIONING
HMG'S INTEREST IN MAKING EARLY CONTACT ON THESE ISSUES WITH IGC
MEMBERS, EITHER COLLECTIVELY AT THE FORTHCOMING EXCOM MEETING (IF, AS WE HOPED, CONSULTATIONS AMONG GROUP MEMBERS WERE COMPLETED IN TIME) OR AT THE LEAST INDIVIDUALLY IN THE MARGINS OF
THE MEETING.
3. THE U.S. MAY WELL NOT FEEL STRONGLY ENOUGH ABOUT UK PARTICIPATION TO PRESS A FASTER TIME-TABLE ON RELUCTANT
IGC PARTNERS, BUT IN OUR VIEW A SECOND RUN AT THE ISSUE IN THESE TERMS IS UNLIKELY TO DO ANY HARM HERE.
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