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and Singapore with considerable success.
This option
is unacceptable in humanitarian terms. But if all else
fails it will have to be our last resort.
CONCLUSION
19. . The present prospects are intolerable for
Hong Kong.
press
Could Lord Belstead as a matter of urgency
a)
for a further UK quota of 1,000 for VRs
in Hong Kong?
b)
for HMG's agreement for discussions with the
Vietnamese Government on involuntary
repatriation?
If HMG agrees, then we shall seek the advice of Executive
Council. So as to avoid another ExCo/HMG clash we would
prefer not to go to Executive Council first.
Security Branch
Government Secretariat HONG KONG
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27th November 1982