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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA
OUR TELNO 4076 : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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RESETTLEMENT IN WEST GERMANY
IN RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE WITH THE
VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG, KAMPS (ACTING CONSUL- GENERAL OF FRG) HAS NOW ADVISED US, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH THE AUSWAERTIGES AMT IN BONN THAT (QUOTE) GERMAN AUTHORITIES FOR THE
LAENDER ARE NOT (NOT) IN A POSITION TO ACCEPT ANY VIETNAM (ESE)
REFUGEES (UNQUOTE) AND THAT (QUOTE) AT THIS MOMENT NO (NO) SPECIAL QUOTAS, EXCEPT FOR THE REGULAR CASES OF FAMILY REUNION, CAN BE GRANTED (UNQUOTE).
2.
NEGATIVE REPLY FROM FRG WAS EXPECTED. BUT WE SHALL BE REVERTING
TO THE CONSUL-GENERAL STATING OUR DISAPPOINTMENT AS THE FRG'S
RESPONSE.
3. KAMPS HIMSELF REMAINS UN-SYMPATHETIC, PARTICULARLY ON THE RESETTLEMENT OF LONG-STAYERS WITH POOR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND
POOR PROSPECTS OF INTEGRATION. BUT HE IS ALSO VERY CONSCIOUS OF HIS
POSITION AS THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF
THE EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. IN THIS CONTEXT HE WAS MORE RESPONSIVE
TO THE IDEA THAT THE FRG SHOULD TAKE A LEAD IN COORDINATING A
EUROPEAN STAND ON DURABLE SOLUTIONS IN THE FORUM OF EUROPEAN
POLITICAL COOPERATION. DURING A LUNCH HOSTED BY KAMPS FOR VISITING
GERMAN MEP (HANS-JURGEN ZAHORKA) BOTH HE AND ZAHORKA EXPRESSED
INTEREST IN DISCUSSION OF THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM AND RELATED
ISSUES IN THE EPC FORUM AND IN THE CONTEXT OF EEC/ASEAN
COOPERATION. COULD THIS BE PURSUED IN BRUSSELS AND BONN?
GERMAN
4. SEPARATELY WE UNDERSTAND THERE HAS BEEN AN EXCHANGE OF
CORRESPONDENCE RECENTLY BETWEEN MR DOUGLAS HURD AND THE W.
FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE REFUGEE ISSUE. IF THIS INFORMATION IS CORRECT, GRATEFUL FOR SIGHT OF THE CORRESPONDENCE IF POSSIBLE.
WILSON
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