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YOUR TELNO 379: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: WRITTEN PQ FROM LORD
HYLTON
1.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMENDED DRAFT REPLY. WE CHANGED
YOUR VERSION SLIGHTLY AND SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPLY:
BEGINS: I AM AWARE OF THE THREE REPORTS TO WHICH THE NOBLE
LORD REFERS. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE
TWO REPORTS PUBLISHED IN 1986 HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING PURSUED BY
HMG AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THE THIRD REPORT HAS ONLY
RECENTLY BEEN RECEIVED AND IS BEING STUDIED. I SHALL WRITE TO
THE NOBLE LORD WITH FURTHER DETAILS ON OUR RESPONSE IN DUE
COURSE. ENDS.
2.
WE HAVE ON FILE A COPY OF THE APRIL 1986 OXFAM REPORT
BUT WE DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE YOUR COMMENTS ON IT. NOR CAN WE
FIND ANY TRACE OF THE DECEMBER 1986 PAPER PREPARED FOR LEGCO.
3.
AS YOU WILL NOTICE FROM OUR DRAFT REPLY, WE FEEL THAT LORD HYLTON'S QUESTION DEMANDS A FULLER REPLY THAN ONE LIMITED
TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE MOST RECENT OXFAM REPORT. GRATEFUL, THEREFORE, FOR A COPY OF THE DECEMBER 1986 PAPER AND FOR A BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC RESUME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST TWO REPORTS AND WHAT ACTION, IF ANY, YOU HAVE TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
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