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RACIVION REGISTRY 120. 51 18 SEP 1978
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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 3666 OF 15 SEPTEMBER, 1978.
INFO HONG KONG?
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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WOODS (DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF NORTHERN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS) TOLD US ON 15 SEPTEMBER THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT WAS RECOMMENDING TO VANCE THAT HE SHOULD RAISE WITH YOU THE QUESTION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES (''THE BOAT PEOPLE'') WHEN YOU ARE IN NEW YORK THE
AMERICANS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE PRESSURES ON THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT MAY CAUSE THE LATTER TO ADOPT MORE RESTRICTIVE ATTITUDES THAN AT PRESENT WOODS POINTED OUT THAT THE AMERICANS ARE USING THEIR VERY BEST EFFORTS TO GET THE MACAU FACILITY
ESTABLISHED AND MOVE AS MANY REFUGEES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO MACAU AND THE U SO THEY THEREFORE HOPED THAT THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THEIR BEST TO RESIST PRESSURES TO ADOPT A MORE RESTRICTIVE ATTITUDE”
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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS-
PS/MR.LUARD
MR.STRATTON
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