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The Governor is also anxious that no excuse should
be given to the Americans or others to curtail their
ow off-take from Hong Kong on the grounds that we
had decided not to renew our own commitment,
attached draft, therefore, attempts to be as neutral
as possible while outlining the difficulties.
The
4.
Current indications are that the UK quota may
not be fulfilled until well into 1981, but that
the UNHCR is confident of maintaining the departure
rate at over 2000 per month in 1981. With some 24,000
Vietnamese refugees likely to be left in Hong Kong at the end of 1980, and arrivals now well below the early
1980 average of under 1000 per month, this should be
sufficient to prevent serious trouble in Hong Kong
for the foreseeable future,
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