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YOU MAY ALSO, IF YOU THINK IT APPROPRIATE, ADD THAT HONG KONG'S RECORD OF GRANTING FIRST ASYLUM TO BOAT REFUGEES IS UNIQUELY GOOD, 11S NUMBERS HAVE RISEN SHARPLY AT A TIME WHEN OTHER COUNTRIES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA HAVE STARTED TO TOV BOATS OUT TO SEA, HONG KONG SHOULD NOT BE PENALISED BY HAVING A LOWER RATE OF RESETTLEMENT THAN COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE TAKEN A LESS HUMANITARIAN LINE.
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FILES SEAD HK & GD
NEWS D M & VD PS PS/LPS
MR FERGUSSON
MR FRETWELL
ADDITIONAL DISTN
BOAT PEOPLE
UND
FED
EESD
NA D
SAD
EID
PUSD OID TPD
PS/IR HURD PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
HR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
KR STRATTON
LORD N G LENNOX MR BULLARD
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE,
LONDON