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Minister.
FROM: W G Ehrman, HKD
'DATE:
30 August 1985
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30/8.
CC:
Private Secretary
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: SCORRI REPORT
Mr Hartland-Swann, SEAD Mr Lever, UND
Problem
1.
to
To finalise the text of the FCO's contribution
the White Paper in response to SCORRI; and to reply to
Mr Fittall's letter of 14 August to Mr Ricketts.
Recommendation
I recommend that Mr Ricketts replies to the Home Office indicating our
their revised formula
2.
on
agreement
resettlement and enclosing copies of Our
proposed
responses to recommendations 2, 3, 5(i), (ii) and (iv),
and 6. I attach a draft letter.
3. SEAD concur.
Background and Argument
4. I attach a copy of the SCORRI recommendations
reference.
for
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5.
Mr Ricketts wrote to PS/Mr Brittan on 5 August
proposing a form of words for the reply to SCORRI
recommendation 5(iii) (which recommends that the UK
accept for resettlement from Hong Kong a small number of
Vietname se refugees from the hard-to-resettle category
over and above the family reunion cases). The Home
Office responded on
This differs in three
Ricketts' letter:
14 August with a counter-draft.
respects from that proposed in Mr
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