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iv) MacLennan Inquiry: "Has the Governor told the Judge
that the MacLennan Inquiry must in future sit in secret?'
Executive Council have agreed that this be done but
No.
the Governor hopes to do so by persuasion rather than
instruction.
2. Mr Blaker also asked for additional supplementaries on the
future of Hong Kong, Vietnamese refugees, the Castle Peak 'B'
Power Station contract, and the Multi-Fibre Arrangement.
are attached.
These
3. SEAD have been consulted on Vietnamese refugees; they in turn
consulted the Home Office on the supplementary on refugees rescued
by British ships who insist on the rather negative line suggested.
Dip
R D Clift
13 April 1981
cc Mr Donald
Hong Kong and General Department
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