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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1552 OF 3 NOVEMBER
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INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, CANBERRA &
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG TO UK.
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1. WE HAVE JUST HAD A VISIT FROM WOODFIELD, HOME OFFICE, AND TWO
SUGGESTIONS EMERGED WHICH WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PUT TO BRAY AND TO DE DENEY, HOME OFFICE, BEFORE WOODFIELD'S
RETURN.
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2. BRAY SHOULD BE ASKED TO CONSIDER THROUGH HIS EXISTING
CONTACTS WITH MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN UK WHETHER THEY COULD OFFER EMPLOYMENT AND ACCOMMODATION TO CANTONESE-SPEAKING
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO COME TO UK. THE OBJECT BEING TO SPEED
UP THE MOVE OF SUCH REFUGEES OUT OF RECEPTION CENTRES TO FREE ACCOMMODATION FOR REFUGEES STILL HERE. TO DO THIS HE WOULD NEED
TO HAVE DETAILS OF THE REFUGEES AND HOW THEY COULD BE CONTACTED.
3. SECONDLY, WOULD DE DENEY TAKE UP THE POSSIBILITY OF BRAY
JOINING SIR ARTHUR PETERSON'S ADVISORY COUNCIL IN SOME
CAPACITY ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF HIS CONTACTS WITH THE CHINESE
COMMUNITY.
4. CANBERRA PLEASE PASS TO WOODFIELD.
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