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However, in view of the continuing wartime situation in Indo-China, we think it important that you should obtain prior assurances from the South Vietnamese and Khmer Governments on the lines of those obtained for. the 118, covering those to be returned now and in the future. A blanket assurance on these lines would make it unnecessary to consult the two Governments on every individual case. Assurances obtained in capitals might carry greater weight if an occasion arises when they have to be quoted, so you may wish to enlist the help of our Embassies in Saigon and Phnom Penh in this matter.
The remaining question is whether deportees should be allowed to go to a third country if they can show that one will accept them, and whether effort should be made to find a third country for them to go to. We are not here of course talking about genuine refugees, who, if they do not stay in Hong Kong, should normally be allowed to go to third countries and even helped to do so. Even where there are no such humanitarian considerations, where an illegal immigrant can show that he is acceptable somewhere else, it would be in accordance with normal British practice to allow him to go there, even when, as in the case of Taiwan, there is a risk of clandestine return to Hong Kong. Only in the case of Macao would we be prepared to made a partial exception to the general rule. Where it is plain that a South-East Asian illegal immigrant has no intention of staying in Macao but will come straight back to Hong Kong, we could agree that Macao should not be regarded as an acceptable third country, and that removal to the country of origin may take place.
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