DSRIT (Revised Sept 85)
L31ABB
DRAFT: minute letter/teleletter/despatch/note
FROM:
Secretary of State
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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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Chief Secretary
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Confidential
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Reference
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Your Reference
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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG
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In Confidence
1. I was most grateful for your prompt agreement to a
claim on the Reserve of up to £ 4.25 million to pay for
emergency accommodation for Vietnamese boat people
arriving in Hong Kong. £ 4 million of this sum
providing accommodation for 7,000 people in a converted
barracks; the remaining £ 250,000 was for the provision
of tents.
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12. Our plans for providing this accommodation were put
together in a hurry to allow the Governor to announce
HMG's help immediately after his meeting with the
Prime Minister on 8 June. (A minor complication is
that the Press Notice issued by No. 10 mistakenly
changed the figure to £ 4.5 million; I propose to find
the difference of £ 0.25 million from my existing
provision). The Hong Kong Government have told us that
the barracks are now not available for conversion.
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