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V ble any longer to maintain the policy of first asylum.
take this step lightly. In the two years Kong would not following that conference, London has consistently sought to ignore that it is the British and not the Hong Kong Government which is a signatory to the comprehensive Plan of Action.
A similar shifting of the responsibility and the blame to Hong Kong has been the long-standing practice of the British Embassy in Washington, DC. As a colony, Hong Kong of course has no representative in Washington to counter this disinformation
was that made by
made by British A typical statement campaign. Ambassador Antony Acland in an article in the Washington Post newspaper in November 1989 at a time when the United States was' MI. Acianu opposing the forced repatriation
vietnamese. of
wrote, "There would be no question of the Hong Kong Government's sending people involuntarily back to Vietnam without adequate
the British Ambassador
assurances."
Was
unaware
that the
decision in fact was one made by Her Majesty's Government, and not, the Hong Kong Government?
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Sadly, the colonial Government here has done nothing to set
the record straight internationally. It seems only too willing
to have the people of Hong Kong accept the blame for unpopular
decisions made by the sovereign U.K. Government.
weeks
the ago,
for Secretary
Security
Only three
contradicted
his
predecessor and himself in this very Council.
In reply to the
Hon. Mrs. Rita Fan's question, he stated, "I would like to make clear that Hong Kong's policy on the vietnamese boat people has
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