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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG
Thank you for your minute of 2 June seeking my urgent agreement to a discretionary claim of up to £4.25 million from this year's Reserve to provide for emergency temporary accommodation for Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong. We settled this matter,last night via our private offices and I am writing now to confirm the agreement reached.
I agreed that the costs of providing 100 marquee tents and of converting a barracks should both be found from the 1989-90 Reserve. I suggest our officials agree the final figures for the conversion of the barracks when they become clearer but accept that up to £4 million may be necessary for this.
Your minute of 22 May and the OD paper for discussion this Thursday suggest that further expenditure may be necessary if the problem of the boat people is to be finally resolved. We will of course be discussing the wider picture with colleagues on Thursday 8 June.
I
am copying this letter to members of OD, to Chris Patten and to Sir Robin Butler.
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Yours sincerely,
PWalas
PP JOHN MAJOR
[Approved by the Chuff Secretary and
signed in his absence.]