HKK 243/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
· 1 JUN 1983
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
UNCLASSIFIED
REGISTRY
File
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
(69).
PA
Action Taken
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1 June 1983
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D G Jeaffreson Esq CBE Secretary for Security Security Branch.
· Government Secretariat HONG KONG
Dear David
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF MAINTAINING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
Thank you for your letter of 12 May enclosing a copy of this useful report. It has been read here with great interest by those concerned with Hong Kong's refugee problems.
2. As you say, even acting as a place of first asylum is an expensive business, and the Hong Kong Government has shouldered an enormous burden. I can assure you that we are acutely aware of the difficulties you face and shall continue to make every effort to look for ways of helping Hong Kong to reduce its refugee population.
Jones
Dick
R D Clift
Hong Kong Department
cc:
CM J Segar Esq SEAD, FCO
WASHINGTON
UKMIS GENEVA
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