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to respond by accepting more refugees from Hong Kong.
officials are taking similar action with the US Embassy
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14 eb ruary.
US Position
4. US has accepted about 62,000 Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong, 60% of all those
1985 it took about 1,600, and
for 1986.
resettled from Hong Kong. in is considering the same number
US officials previously indicated that more
refugees might be accepted i f Hong Kong agreed to the
measures described in para 3 above.
Ine US will
from
the transit centre, since it will have more decide whether to resettle ship rescue
benefit
time to
cases.
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