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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1671 OF 29 NOVEMBER
INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES- UK PROGRAMME.
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WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE DATE OF THE NEXT VISIT BY THE UK SELECTION TEAM HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED. THE SHORT NOTICE GIVEN
OF THE LAST VISIT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR ESSENTIAL ADVANCE
PREPARATION TO BE DONE. THIS POINT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY
THE HOME OFFICE AS IT INTENDS TO SEND AN ADVANCE PARTY NEXT TIME.
EVEN SO THE NUMBER OF THOSE REMAINING FROM PREVIOUS SELECTIONS
LOOKS LIKE RUNNING OUT BEFORE ANY MORE CAN BE SELECTED BY THE
JANUARY TEAM.
2. WITH A REASONABLE CUTFLOW FOR DECEMBER, WE EXPECT, ALLOWING FOR DROP-OUTS AND MEDICAL HOLD CASES, THAT ON 1 JANUARY THERE MAY BE ONLY ABOUT 500 CASES LEFT TO MAKE UP THE JANUARY OFF-TAKE. IN VIEW OF BUILT-IN PROCESSING DELAYS WHICH CANNOT BE REDUCED THIS WILL MEAN A GAP IN THE UK PROGRAMME IF THE TEAM
COMES AS SEEMS TO BE PLANNED.
3. IT SEEMS TO US ESSENTIAL THAT THE ADVANCE TEAM GET THERE BEFORE
1 JANUARY AND THE MAIN TEAM ARRIVES IN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE
NEW YEAR.
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