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M J H Wood Esq British Embassy HANOI

Telephone 01- 233 4828

Your reference

Our reference

Date

8 February 1985

Dear Wood,

1

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG:

1.

POLICY PAPER

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As you will be aware from our telegram number 2206 of 8 November to Hong Kong, we are now preparing a policy paper on Vietnamese refugees which we shall shortly be submitting to Ministers.

2.

Our aim at this stage is to agree a paper that seeks a factual analysis of the problem, and then to set out recommendations separately in a covering submission. should be grateful for your and the Ambassador's comments on the enclosed draft. (It would save time if you could

The draft has been cleared with

send these by telegram). SEAD and UND.

3.

I am copying this letter and the paper to Brian Adams

to provide

in Geneva from whom I should also be grateful for comments.

cc:

Mr Nash, SEAD

Mr Cole, UND

Mr Adams, UKMIS Geneva

Sicely. ения

C E Leeks

Hong Kong Department

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