Mr Donald
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22 JUN 1981
DESK OFFICER MDEX
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Action: Tekas
PGD 22/6
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : SHIP RESCUES
I should
1. I attach 2 draft telegrams prepared by SEAD. make clear that I am unhappy with the general picture which they present. I accept that it would be politically unwise to try to argue for the exclusion of these ship rescues from the 10,000 quota. I also understand why the Home Office are reluctant to go to No 10 about a guarantee which would probably be rejected. Nevertheless there are too many slaps in the face for Hong Kong in the present texts.
I suggest that the last sentence be omitted from the first telegram and that the second be changed on the lines of the attached re-draft.
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18 June 1981
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Mr Stitt, SEAD
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R D Clift
Hong Kong and General Department
I have now discussed with Mr Stitt, who accepts these amendments.
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