PP GOVERNOR HONG KONG
GRS 133
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO 24094OZ APR 81
CONFIDENTIAL
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 401 OF 24 APRIL.
FOR GOVERNOR FROM CLIFT
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
HKCK 243/2
RECITVAR IN ALGISTRY NO. 51
27 APR 1981
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1.
FOLLOWING THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT, WE ARE ABOUT TO
SUBMIT TO MINISTERS ON THIS QUESTION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE
SECRETARY OF STATE DOES NOT WISH TO PRESS FOR A FURTHER QUOTA AT
THIS STAGE, GIVEN THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME UNDER THE ORIGINAL
QUOTA AND THE FACT THAT HARD EVIDENCE OF CURRENT PRESSURE FROM
THE AMERICANS AND CANADIANS IS LACKING.
2.
WE THEREFORE INTEND TO RECOMMEND THAT THE POSITION SHOULD
BE KEPT UNDER CLOSE REVIEW AND THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD
REPORT AGAIN WHEN THE PROGRESS OF THE OFFTAKE BY OURSELVES AND
OTHER COUNTRIES BECOMES CLEARER.
3.
I HOPE YOU WILL AGREE THAT THIS IS THE MOST SENSIBLE
PRACTICAL COURSE AT PRESENT.
CARRINGTON
DISTRIBUTION
LIMITED
HK GD
SEAD
MR DONALD
COPIES TO:
MR FORD, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON
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