(£) Mr Narajan concluded by saying that his community felt that
HMG's position was overly rigid, and that the assurances given by
Lady Young were too vague.
He asked that I should report our
conversation to Mr Luce. I said that the Indians should not feel
that the Government were unsympathetic to their
their position. Their
concerns were understood. I could not however hold out any hope
that right of abode in the UK could be granted to them as a group.
20 June 1985
Realm
A C Galsworthy,
Hong Kong Department