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GR 175
CONFIDENTIAL
CONTENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 200725Z FEB
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 172 OF 20 FEBRUARY, 1981
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE FROM GOVERNOR.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: U.K. PROGRAMME.
HKK 24312i
QTY NO. 51
2
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10
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1. U.K. RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WILL ATTRACT GREAT
INTEREST DURING YOUR VISIT HERE. BY THE END OF MARCH THE PRESENT U.K. QUOTA WILL BE NEARLY EXHAUSTED. YOU WILL BE ASKED ABOUT A CONTINUING PROGRAMME. WITH OVER 20,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES STILL HERE I MUST PRESS FOR THIS.
2. I AM TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY DETAILS OF THE PRESENT POSITION,
OTHER RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMMES AND SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT THE U.K. MIGHT DO.
3. LOCAL SENSITIVITY ON THE NATIONALITY BILL WILL FASTEN ON ANY
ABSENCE OF U.K. SUPPORT, BUT A POSITIVE GESTURE ON REFUGEES TO SOME EXTENT WOULD REASSURE. I ACCEPT THAT NOTHING OF THIS SORT IS
POSSIBLE ON UNIVERSITY FEES.
4. | THEREFORE HOPE YOU CAN ANNOUNCE HERE A SMALL FURTHER
PROGRAMME. I THINK 250 A MONTH FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR WOULD
JUST BE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE AMERICANS AND OTHERS UP TO THE MARK.
MACLEHOSE
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