TNAG-0556-FCO40-651-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 179

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"CONFIDENT REGISTRY NO. 50

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- 7 APR 1975

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FM FCO 041300Z APR

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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 248 OF 4 APR INFO ROUTINE TO

SAIGON.

FOLLOWING FOR DONALD.

1. WE ARE GIVING CONSIDERATION TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME

REFUGEES FROM THE FIGHTING IN VIETNAM MIGHT MAKE THEIR WAY TO

HONG KONG. OUR PRESENT THINKING IS THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT

ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS TO REFUSE THEM ADMITTANCE, BUT EQUALLY THAT THEIR PRESENCE IN HONG KONG WOULD THROW CONSIDERABLE STRAIN

ON THE COLONY'S RESOURCES. WE SHALL NEED TO CONSULT MINISTERS. 2. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE GIVEN ANY THOUGHT

TO THIS CONTINGENCY AND, IF SO, WHAT YOUR VIEWS ARE ON LIKELY NUMBERS, HANDLING ETC.

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