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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
YOUR TELNO 489: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
WE ENDORSE YOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO PARAS (1) AND (11). 2. WE URGE STRONGLY THAT PARA (IV) BẸ RETAINED.
3. WE SUGGEST PARAGRAPH (V) BE AMENDED BY REPLACING LAST 7 WORDS WITH ''SEEK PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT OUTSIDE PLACES OF TEMPORARY ASYLUM LIKE HONG KONG FOR ALL IN EXISTING REFUGEE CAMPS''.
4. ON PARA (VI), WE PREFER A COMBINATION OF THE PRESIDENCY'S AND YOUR DRAFT SO AS TO READ: ''TEN HOPE THAT ORDERLY DEPARTURE OUT OF VIETNAM WILL BECOME LIBERALISED, THUS REDUCING THE ILLEGAL EXODUS OF REFUGEES'.
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