TNAG-0556-FCO40-651-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 180

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VIETNAM PO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KDA/KDH/K3Q $217302 APR PO IS THERE ANY LIKLIHOOD OF HONG KONG BEING INVOLVED IN THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTING OP STELLA

2 PO TODAY WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST IN CONTINGENCY PLANS TO DEAL WITH LARGE SCALE INFLUX OF REFUGEES FROM INDO CHINA PO POSSIBILITY EXIST THAT REFUGEES COULD ENTER HONG KONG IN AIRCRAFT CHI JUNKS OR SHIPS IN NUMBERS RANGING FROM FEW HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS PD THE GOVERNORS INTENTION IS THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BE SEEN TO BE HUMANITARIAN TO REFUGEES YET NOT ALLOW THE COLONY TO BE THE ESCAPE HOLE FOR REFUGEES IN GENERAL PD BEFORE WE COMMIT OURSELVES TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF ASSISTING POLICE IN DETECTING OR CONTROLLING EXCESSIVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OR MORE LIKELY IN PROVIDING ACCOM- MODATION AND RECEPTION FACILITIES FOR THOSE THAT ARE ADMITTED CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN HMGS CURRENT POLICY WHICH CONFLICTS

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WITH GOVERNORS INTENTIONS PO CAN YOU ALSO SAY WHETHER ANY FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SORT OF EMERGENCY EXPENDITURE THE EXACT SIZE OF WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT AT THE MOMENT

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