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Vice President Bush's visit to China and Hong Kong (13-19 October)
7.
Hope
Vice
President
Bush can
emphasise to Chinese
of
Joint Declaration and
importance of full implementation
sensitivity to Hong Kong views.
8. Grateful for visit to Hong Kong as gesture of US support for Hong Kong's stability and prosperity.
Vietnamese Refugees
9. We have just announced decision to accept 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
consider accepting further limited number from Hong
also
Kong.
10.
Believe British Embassy have already approached your Government to ask you to take additional numbers. Hope you will consider very carefully whether there
is any thing further you can do to help.
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