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FM KUALA LUMPUR 010255Z JULY
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 232 OF 1 JULY
AND TO COI (FCO PLEASE PASS)
PRIORITY HONG KONG
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ROUTINE HANOI, PEKING, BANGKOK, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, MANILA, WASHING-
TON, UKMIS NEW YORK AND UKMIS GENEVA
FOLLOWING FOR NEWS DEPARTMENT FROM FENN
1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE GAVE AN ON-THE-RECORD PRESS CONFERENCE AT KAI TAK AIRPORT, HONG KONG JUST BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE ON 30 JUNE. FOLLOWING IS EDITED VERBATIM TEXT:
LORD CARRINGTON: PERHAPS I SHOULD EXPLAIN AT THE OUTSET THAT AFTER THE SUMMIT IN TOKYO, IT SEEMED TOM ME IMPORTANT AND MOST INTERESTING, TO COME, EVEN FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME, TO HONG KONG ON MY WAY HOME. FIRST OF ALL TO SEE SOMETHING OF THE REFUGEE PROBLEM. TO SEE SOMETHING OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA, TO SEE SOMETHING OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH REGARD TO HOUSING, AND ALSO TO HAVE A WORD WITH THE SERVICES, TO SE WHAT THEY WERE DOING, WHICH PARTICULARLY INTERESTED ME AS A FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE. IN A RATHER SHORT, BUT QUITE BUSY DAY, I HAVE MANAGED TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. AFTER I LEAVE YOU WE GO TO KUALA LUMPUR WHERE I WILL SPEND 24 HOURS, 24 HOURS IN DELHI, 24 HOURS IN BAGHDAD, AND THEN PERHAPS 24 HOURS AT HOME BEFORE I GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
QUESTION: IN WHAT WAY WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOUR VISIT TO HONG KONG HAS INFLUENCED YOUR VIEWS ABOUT THE REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SITUATION, AND WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO HELP?
LORD CARRINGTON: NOBODY WHO SAW WHAT I SA TODAY COULD FAIL TO HAVE BROUGHT DRAMATICALLY HOME TO THEM THE SCALE OF THE HUMAN MISERY INVOLVED IN WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. I AM GLAD THAT SO MANY OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW
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