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to
respond by accepting more
officials
refugees from Hong Kong.
the US Embassy are taking similar action with
FCO
on
14
ebruary.
US Position
4.
Hong Kong,
US has accepted about 62,000 Vietnamese refugees from
60% of all those resettled from Hong Kong. In
1985 it took about 1,600, and is considering the same number
US officials previously indicated that more
i f Hong Kong agreed
3 above.
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time more
for 1986.
refugees might
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be
described in
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