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RECEIVE. REGISTRY
23 SEP 1985
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FROM:
A C Galsworthy, HKD
DATE:
23 September 1985
Cc:
PS/Mr Renton
Mr Hartland - Swann, SEAD
Mr Lever, UND
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
CAMPAIGN ON RESETTLEMENT
HONG KONG: SCORRI REPORT: DIPLOMATIC
1. The Home Office White Paper in response to SCORRI's report will be published at 2.30 pm on Thursday 26 September. We have
already sent you a copy of
send you the final proof, and will
is ready by the the printed version if it
time you leave for
Honiara.
2.
As
soon
is published we
the White Paper as
shall be
embarking on our international resettlement campaign. For this
purpose we propose to:
(i)
issue
guidance a
and summarising the
in responses
SCORRI recommendations which
(issuing today: text attached)
telegram to all Overseas posts explaining the background to Hong Kong's refugee problem,
to the White Paper
the
relate to Hong Kong;
(ii) instruct selected Overseas posts
host to approach their take additional numbers of
We propose to approach both
to press them to governments refugees from
from Hong Kong. countries which already take large numbers of refugees. from Hong Kong (the US, Canada and Australia), and those which have only accepted them on an irregular basis in
the past (mainly
EC and other European
countries).
Commonwealth,
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