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JAPAN ASKED THE UNHCR SOME TIME AGO TO SUBMIT A LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR ANOTHER MISSION TO HONG KONG. ASKED UNHCR TO HURRY UP. BUT THE JAPANESE HAVE PROVED TO BE I HAVE ALREADY MASTERS OF ILLUSION. DESPITE THIS, I STILL THINK THAT THEY CAN DO MORE AND TOKYO IS CONTINUING TO PRESS. KONG.
WE CAN HLEP IN HONG
LUXEMBOURG ARE TO TAKE 25 REFUGEES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE NEXT YEAR. A FORMAL LETTER OF THANKS TO THE CROWN PRINCE (WHO VISITED HONG KONG EARLIER THIS YEAR) MIGHT HELP ENSURE THE SECOND OFFTAKE NEXT YEAR.
THE NETHERLANDS HAS DOUBLED ITS OFFTAKE BUT ONLY RESPONDS TO REQUESTS FROM THE UNHCR. WE RELY ON UKMIS TO KEEP THEM HONEST SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THEY SEND A MISSION TO HONG KONG IN JANUARY TO TAKE 40/50 (AS THEY PROMISED).
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NEW ZEALAND HAS AGREED (I THINK) TO TAKE 20 LONG STAYERS. SHOULD PRESS NEW ZEALAND MUCH HARDER TO DO MORE BOTH IN HONG KONG AND WELLINGTON.
NORWAY HAS JUST TAKEN 103 AND AGAIN ACTS ONLY TO UNHCR REQUESTS. AN OFFTAKE NEXT YEAR IS UNLIKELY UNLESS STIMULATED BY A BRITISH INITIATIVE.
PORTUGAL AND SPAIN CAN BE IGNORED.
SWEDEN HAS TAKEN 98 THIS YEAR BUT I WAS TOLD COULD NOT TAKE MORE NEXT YEAR.
SWITZERLAND CAN BE IGNORED.
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UK PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE AND A RENEWED OFFTAKE WOULD ENABLE US TO PRESS OTHER COUNTRIES FOR MORE. AS IT IS, ANY SUCH APPROACH ELICITS THE QUESTION WHAT IS BRITAIN DOING IMMEDIATELY ON THE DEFENSIVE.
AND WE ARE UK'S FAILURE MODEST OFFTAKE FROM HONG KONG IS NOW HURTING THE RESETTLEMENT
TO CONTINUE EVEN A PROSPECTS OF HONG KONG'S REFUGEES.
THE USA HAS INDICATED THAT IT WILL REDUCE THIS YEAR'S OFFTAKE OF 1500 TO ABOUT 700 NEXT YEAR, MAINLY BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY CANNOT FIND SUITABLE CANDIDATES IN HONG KONG. I WILL EXPLORE THIS FURTHER WHEN I AM IN WASHINGTON, PARTICULARLY THE 1100 P3 AND PS CASES WHO WILL GO TO THE US EVENTUALLY AS IMMIGRANTS.
ON THE WHOLE A DISAPPOINTING PICTURE WHICH, TAKEN WITH INCREASED ARRIVALS, WILL PRESENT US WITH PROBLEMS. COMMITTMENT FROM HMG, OUR REFUGEE POPULATION WHICH IS ALREADY
UNLESS WE GET A BEGINNING TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN WILL INEVITABLY CREEP BACK UP TO 12,000/13,000 - AND MAY BE BEYOND.
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