TNAG-1537-FCO40-2101-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1986 — Page 94

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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA

BRUSSELS FOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

FROM HKD

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

RESETTLEMENT

1. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ACTION ADDRESSES SINCE

SEPTEMBER 1985 ABOUT OUR DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN TO PERSUADE THIRD

COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT FOR RESETTLEMENT MORE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

IN HONG KONG. THIS CAMPAIGN HAS PRODUCED OVER 1000 NEW

RESETTLEMENT PLACES, AND MOST OF THE TWENTY COUNTRIES WE HAVE

APPROACHED HAVE NOW RESPONDED. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT HAD EITHER

A SUBSTANTIVE REPLY OR A DEFINITE INDICATION OF HOW MANY

REFUGEES WILL BE RESETTLED BY HOST GOVERNMENTS' OF ACTION

ADDRESSEES, AND SO WE SHOULD LIKE TO USE THE OPPORTUNITY

AFFORDED BY THE UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING IN GENEVA FROM

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13 OCTOBER, AND RELATED FORA IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND AFTER

THESE DATES, TO CONDUCT FURTHER LOBBYING AS NECESSARY.

2. WE SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ATTEMPT TO

ELICIT FROM YOUR HOSTS WHAT STAGE THEIR DELIBERATIONS HAVE

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