CONFIDENTIAL
ANGLO-GERMAN SUMMIT: 27 NOVEMBER 1985
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SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH HERR GEN SCHER
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
HKK 243/2
RECEIVEL ...
2 5 NOV
Points to make
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A. Jon Texan
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1.
Seriously concerned about
Vietnamese
refugee problem in
Hong Kong. Have decided to accept 500 more refugees to the UK, and to ask for more help from friends and allies. Nearly 100
of the refugees in Hong Kong have close relatives in West Germany. Appreciate extent of Germany's refugee problems; but hope you may be able to accept some of them.
2.
(I f pressed on response of other countries to- UK
initiative.) Too early to assess overall response, but
encouraging that a number of countries (eg Australia, Zealand) have already agreed to specific increases
numbers they take from Hong Kong.
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