GRS 210
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FM TOKYO
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 796
OF 3100O6Z JUL 86
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
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"DA I Get and to Dr W.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG:
RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN
1. I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY, DURING A CALL ON NAKAHIRA, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF UN BUREAU MFA, ON 30 JULY, TO MENTION ONCE AGAIN THE QUESTION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
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2. I RECALLED DAVID WILSON'S CONVERSATION WITH SEKI ON 8 JULY, AND EARLIER REPEATED EXPRESSIONS OF OUR HOPE THAT THE JAPANESE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE MORE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG (DAVID WILSON'S TELELETTER OF 10 JULY TO ERIAN HITCH).
3. NAKAHIRA SAID THAT THE JAPANESE WERE WILLING TO SEND ANOTHER MISSION TO HONG KONG LATER THIS YEAR, AND THAT A MORE FLEXIBLE INTERPRETATION OF THE CRITERIA UNDER WHICH THEY ADMIT REFUGEES WAS NOW UNDER STUDY. THERE WERE DIFFICULTIES WITH THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE BUT THE MFA WERE URGING THE NEED FOR JAPAN TO DO MORE.
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I SAID IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THEM TO MAKE THEIR SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO DAVID WILSON'S REPRESENTATIONS IN LONDON. WE LOOKED FOR A HELPFUL RESPONSE WHICH WOULD MAKE A PROPER CONTRIBUTION TO THE ALLEVIATION OF A CONTINUING PROBLEM OF VERY SERIOUS PROPORTIONS.
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BOAT PEOPLE
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SEAD
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UND
PID
NEWS D
MAXD
P8
THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED,
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
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2 1 AUG 1986
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Taken
PB/MR RENTON
BIR W HARDING
MR SLATER MR WILSON
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