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persuading the international community to increase the rate of off-take of Cambodian refugees currently transiting Hong Kong. took Sir Philip's point about the problems for Hong Kong of continuing the current policy, although he was not convinced that closed camps. would necessarily solve the difficulties. As to the parliamentary reaction should Hong Kong wish to proceed down this path, there would be an outcry, but he hoped it would be containable.
5. [This was an informal discussion simply indicating the direction of Sir Philip Haddon-Cave's thinking, and no substantive decisions were taken.
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