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Should HMG make a substantial financial contribution to meet
costs of temporary accommodation for the expected influx of boat people into Hong Kong later this year?
Where should such funds come from?
9. Resettlement from Hong Kong
L Reference: Washington telno 1045
Should the UK offer to make an additional resettlement commitment
as part of a new international effort to clear the backlog in Hong
Kong?
Should we aim at the Geneva Conference for the backlog in Hong
Kong or be cleared within, say, 3 years?
10. Preparations for Geneva Conference
What is our preferred outcome for the Conference?
Mandatory repatriation to begin within 6 months?
A regional holding centre in the Philipines.
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