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Mr McLaren
PS/Lord Glenarthur
FROM:
CO Hum
Hong Kong Department
DATE:
27 January 1988
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Mr Adams, SEAD
Mrs Stewart, Bl Division,
Home Office
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER FROM OXFAM,
HONG KONG
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Problem
1.
Lord
The director of Oxfam Hong Kong has sent a letter and a report to the Prime Minister about Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong. Glenarthur has been asked to reply.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that Lord Glenarthur reply on the lines of the attached draft. The Home Office and SEAD concur.
Background
3. The Oxfam report was published in Hong Kong in November last
The report year. It is a thoughtful and well written paper. concentrates on Hong Kong's closed centre policy, but also deals in some detail with such matters as the resettlement of Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong in the UK; repatriation; and aid to
Vietnam.
It is these matters which Mr Bale addresses in his letter
to the Prime Minister.
4. The resettlement question is primarily one for the Home Office. The line in the proposed draft has been agreed with Home Office
officials.
5.
The section on repatriation is on the lines agreed by Ministers and is consistent with the line taken by the Secretary of State in