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The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Unit through your Under-Secretary by
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WEDNESDAY
1978
Mr John Moore (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to use the Navy to forcibly repatriate to communist China refugees escaping to Hong Kong.
Mx Kvan Luard.
NoTM. The Hong Kong Marine Police are supported by the Royal Navy
in a number of tasks, including the prevention of illegal immigration. But the decision on whether to repatriate illegal immigrants is taken by the Hong Kong Government.
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