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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
DRAFT LETTER
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PL Taylor Esq
Home Office
Lunar House
40 Wellesley Road Croydon
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From
Mr Simpson-Orlebar
Telephone No. Ext.
Department
cc:
WE Henry Esq Shipping Policy
Division
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DH Forward Esq Marine Division DOT
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1. Thank you for sending us a copy of your proposed
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draft submission to the Home Secretary on Indo-Chinese
"small boat" refugees." I am replying also on behalf of
our Maritime Aviation and Environment Department (MAED)
who received a separate copy of your draft.
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We are grateful to you for giving consideration to
accepting into the UK a few more "boat people". If this
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can be done in such a way as to relieve British-registered
vessels of some of their burden while at the same time
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avoiding a new quota as such, then so much the better: I
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attach some suggested amendments to your draft as it stands
at the moment. But there are additional points of substance
we feel might merit your further consideration.
3. Since your draft was prepared we have as you know
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the Hong Kong
been involved in the "Sinkiang" affair
registered vessel which recently put into Singapore with
28 refugees ebere.
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At the time, the Department of Trade
confirmed to us under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894,
vessels registered in Hong Kong and other ports of our
overseas territories are considered to be British-registered
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vessels. However, there now seems to be some doubt about
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