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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 552 OF 16 JULY
PQS: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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1. MR IAN WRIGGLESWORTH MP HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
FOR WRITTEN ANSWER:
A.
QUOTE TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMON-
WEALTH AFFAIRS, WHEN HE EXPECTS THE REMAINING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
IN HONG KONG TO BE RESETTLED: AND IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT.
UNQUOTE
B. QUOTE TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMON-
WEALTH AFFAIRS, HOW MANY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES REMAIN IN HONG KONG
AWAITING RESETTLEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES. UNQUOTE
2. PROPOSED ANSWER TO A: QUOTE (X) REFUGEES HAVE SO FAR BEEN
RESETTLED IN 1982. THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE VARIOUS FACTORS
INVOLVED MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO GIVE A RELIABLE ESTIMATE OF WHEN
ALL THOSE NOW IN HONG KONG WILL BE RESETTLED. UNQUOTE. IS IT
POSSIBLE TO SAY ANYTHING MORE POSITIVE EG TO ESTIMATE NUMBERS
LIKELY TO BE RESETTLED THIS YEAR?
3. PRESUME B REFERS TO TOTAL NUMBER IN HONG KONG RATHER THAN
ONLY THOSE ALREADY IN RECEIPT OF RESETTLEMENT OFFERS. PROPOSE
REPLY AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN
HONG KONG AWAITING RESETTLEMENT ON (DATE) WAS (Y). THERE WERE
IN ADDITION (Z) AWAITING REPATRIATION TO CHINA, WHERE THEY HAD
PREVIOUSLY SETTLED BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY. UNQUOTE.
GRATEFUL FOR FIGURES FOR LATEST AVAILABLE DATE AND ANY
COMMENTS DESKBY 19120OZ.
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