CONFIDENTIAL
HKK 243/2. RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO.
2 2 APR 1980
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INDEX
PA
REST Action
Aw 22/4
어린
P
My Marmil
MR RIDLEY'S MEETING WITH MR RAISON IN THE HOME OFFICE ON 16 APRIL
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The Minister should resist any suggestions that Cuban refugees
accepted into the UK be set against the UK quota of 10,000 Indo-
Chinese refugees. This number was requested by the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and announced by the
Secretary of State in the House of Lords on 18 July 1979 when
he said that the 10,000 would be taken from Hong Kong. Any
encroachment on this figure would be very badly received in Hong
Kong, particularly since there is already disappointment there
at the rate at which the UK has been meeting its commitment.
Hong Kong and General Department
16 April 1980
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