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FROM: C C D Haswell
31 JAN1990
Hong Kong Department
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PATE: 12 January 1990
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CC:
Mr Colvin, SEAD
Mr Paul, HKD
verden 18
Thank you
Mr McLaren McLaren
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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION
1. I attach a copy of a recent Guardian article which I think is spot-on: it gives grounds for optimism that the voluntary programme should soon be making a crucial contribution to the solving of the boat people problem, and would justify any additional resources we might be willing to allocate to it.
Charles Harwell,
CD Haswell
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