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SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO CANADA:
27-28 SEPTEMBER 1985
Vietnamese Refugees in Hong Kong
Points to make
1. Very grateful for all that you have done to help Hong Kong
with refugee problem in recent years.
2.
Concerned about effects on refugees of longterm stay in transit
centres: also risk of serious disorders if resettlement rate
continues to decline.
3. Government White Paper published on 26 September announced UK
acceptance of 500 Vietnamese refugees, almost all from Hong Kong.
Hope this will encourage others to take more. We have also made it
clear that depending on responses from other countries, we shall
also consider accepting further limited numbers from Hong Kong.
4. Will shortly have already approached your government formally about this. Hope you will consider very carefully whether there is
any thing further you can do to help.
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