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REGISTRY Action Taken
YOUR TELNO 341: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: SCORRI REPORT
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1. IT IS ENCOURAGING THAT HARTLING SEEMS KEEN TO PRESS OTHER
COUNTRIES ENERGETICALLY ON OUR BEHALF.
2. WE THINK IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU WERE TO INFORM HIM OF THE
WHITE PAPER'S CONTENTS JUST NEXT WORD UNDERLINED BEFORE
PUBLICATION, IDEALLY ON 25 SEPTEMBER.
UNFORTUNATELY YOU WILL NOT
HAVE RECEIVED BY THEN A COPY OF THE FINAL PRINTED TEXT.
HOWEVER
WE HAVE SENT YOU BY THE WEEKEND BAG A COPY OF THE FINAL PROOF,
WHICH YOU MAY WISH TO HAND TO MR HARTLING. IT IS OF COURSE
ESSENTIAL THAT IT REMAINS CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL IT IS PUBLISHED. WE
SUGGEST YOU MAKE THE FOLLOWING POINTS TO HIM:
(I)
(II)
AT HIS MEETING WITH MR LUCE ON 5 JUNE MR HARTLING OFFERED
TO ASSIST IN APPROACHING OTHER COUNTRIES ON OUR BEHALF,
ONCE HMG HAD TAKEN A DECISION ON THE SCORRI
RECOMMENDATIONS, TO ASK THEM TO TAKE MORE REFUGEES FROM
HONG KONG.
GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER IN RESPONSE TO SCORRI'S REPORT WILL
BE PUBLISHED ON 26 SEPTEMBER. CAN TELL YOU, IN CONFIDENCE
IN ADVANCE OF PUBLICATION, THAT HMG HAVE DECIDED TO ACCEPT
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