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FROM HONG KONG WHATEVER ADDITIONAL NUMBERS YOU CAN
MANAGE. ALSO APPROACHING OTHER RESETTLEMENT AND
POTENTIAL RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES. HAVE ASKED UNHCR TO
ASSIST BY MAKING PARALLEL APPROACHES. UK CANNOT SOLVE
PROBLEM ON ITS OWN. BUT DEPENDING ON THE RESPONSE BY OTHER COUNTRIES, WE WOULD OURSELVES CONSIDER ACCEPTING FURTHER LIMITED NUMBERS FROM HONG KONG IN ADDITION TO THE
FAMILY REUNION CASES. HONG KONG WOULD SIMILARLY BE
PREPARED TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING FOR RESETTLEMENT IN HONG
KONG A LIMITED NUMBER OF ETHNIC .HINESE IF THIS FORMED
PART OF A PACKAGE AIMED AT REDUCING DRASTICALLY THE SIZE
OF HONG KONG'S VIETNAMESE REFUGEE POPULATION AND
RESETTLING ALL THOSE WHOSE STAY IN HONG KONG HAS BEEN
PROLONGED.
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