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12 JUL 1988
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FROM: CO HUM, HKD
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DATE: 11 July 1988
CC: Mr McLaren
MP'S LETTER: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG
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A letter from Mr Michael Latham MP about Vietnamese boat people.
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2. I recommend that Lord Glenarthur reply on the lines of the
attached draft. The Home Office agree.
Background
3. The reply is on generally standard lines. Where private sponsorship of Vietnamese refugees is concerned, Lord Glenarthur will recall that this is one of the options in the resettlement
package put to the Home Office recently. The Home Office have not yet taken a final view, but are content for the draft to keep open the possibility of a change of policy.
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