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TO UKMIS GENEVA : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
You should also take action on the lines of
paragraph 4 of TUR. You should also inform the Americans
that we have given careful consideration to the possibility
of permitting Hong Kong to repatriate boat people to
Vietnam and to turn boats away to sea. We have concluded
on humanitarian grounds that neither course could be
justified. This underlines Hong Kong's difficulties
resulting from diminishing resettlement opportunities.
We hope we can count on the US to take a more positive
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