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4.
An agreement has been reached under which UNHCR assumed
responsibility for all refugees in Hong Kong with effect from
1 September. However, the Hong Kong Government still have some
misgivings. In particular they believe that UNHCR are not meeting
all the costs they should, and are not making adequate provision
for their likely future commitments in Hong Kong (Hong Kong
telegram No 1351 of 28 September). Our delegation to the 30th
meeting of the UNHCR Executive Committee in Geneva from 8-16 October
have been briefed to raise this question (copy attached).
5. The other points covered in Mr Birt's report (in particular
the question of the rate of intake of refugees from Hong Kong
into Britain) are being dealt with separately.
5 October 1979
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Lord N Gordon Lennox UND SEAD
RJT McLaren
Hong Kong and General Department
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