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The very liberality of Hong Kong's policies towards
refugees is a handicap to them
they attract new
arrivals and those established there are reluctant to
leave.
Hence the need for all resettlement countries to
accord Hong Kong a high priority.
4. It may be that you can foresee some occasion, such as an EC Foreign Ministers meeting, when the Secretary of
State could put these points to Herr Genscher.
If this
is not practicable, I would be grateful for any opportunity you can take yourself to hammer home Hong
Kong's difficulties.
not go away quickly.
It is not an easy problem and will
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