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Sir W Harding
PS/Mr Luce
Private Secretary
FROM:
DATE:
W G Ehrman, HKD
30 August 1985
CC:
Mr
Hartland-Swann, SEAD
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: SCORRI REPORT
Mr Lever, UND
Problem
1.
to
Το 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.
1
Recommendation
I I recommend that Mr Ricketts replies to the Home
Office indicating our
to their revised formula
2.
agreement
on 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.
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Background and Argument
4.
I attach a copy of the SCORRI recommendations for
reference.
C
A
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
Office responded on
This differs in three
Ricketts letter:
The Home
family reunion cases).
14 August with a counter-draft.
respects
from that proposed in Mr
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