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INFO PRIORITY BONN, UKREP BRUSSELS, HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA AND HANOI
FCO TELNOS 441/2 TO BONN : PROPOSED DEMARCHE BY THE TWELVE IN HANOI .
ON THE INDO-CHINESE REFUGEE PROBLEM
1. WE SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED TO OVERVAD, ACTING HEAD OF THE RELEVANT LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF THE DANISH MFA. WE HANDED OVER A COPY OF THE
REVISED DEMARCHE, WHICH HAD NOT YET ARRIVED BY COREU.
2. OVERAD WAS RECEPTIVE TO OUR POINTS, REINFORCED ON ARRIVAL OF HONG KONG TELNO 2881. HE AGREED IN PARTICULAR WHEN WE ARGUED THAT THE
QUESTION OF VIETNAM'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS RETURNING SUBJECTS
SHOULD BE KEPT SEPARATE FROM THAT OF OTHER COUNTRIES' DECISIONS ON SENDING PEOPLE BACK. THE DANES ARE THEREFORE LIKELY TO WITHDRAW THEIR
SUPPORT FOR THE FRG LINE. OVERAD'S ONLY OTHER CONCERN ON THE DEMARCHE
WAS THAT THE CRITERIA FOR GRANTING REFUGEE STATUS SHOULD BE SPECIFIED
: THIS POINT MAY THEREFORE APPEAR IN THE OFFICIAL DANISH REPLY BY
COREU.
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