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Boat Refugees
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HONG KONG TELNO 111 TO FCO: VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
We are very concerned about the position revealed in
para.l of TUR. It is essential that the US offtake of
be
Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong maintained at a high
level if any real reduction in the numbers there is to be
We therefore place great importance on the
achieved.
American programme.
2. Please now therefore approach both Ambassador Palmeiri
and Newsome as suggested in para.5 of TUR, drawing on
that telegram and my telnos 62 and 63 to Bonn.
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