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APRIL PROBABLY HAVE SUCH CONNECTIONS: AND THERE MAY WELL BE OTHER

AMONG THOSE WHO ARRIVED LATER. THERE MAY ALSO BE A RESIDUM WITH NO

CONNECTIONS ANYWHERE WHO MIGHT APPROPRIATELY GO TO THE UNITED STATES

TO JOIN VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY THERE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REFUGEES IN

HONG KONG IS VERY SMALL IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE WHICH

THE UNITED STATES IS ALREADY HAVING TO ABSORB.

3. YOU MAY ADD THAT IT IS IN NO ONE'S INTEREST TO INCREASE THE

PROBLEMS FACING HONG KONG DOMESTICALLY OR TO ENDANGER ITS PRESENT

SATISFACTORY PELATIONSHIP WITH THE CPR. I HOPE THEREFORE THE AMERICAN

GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE ALL FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN CONSIDERING

THE PROBLEM.

4. PLEASE REPORT REACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

CALLAGHAN

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HKIOD

NAD

SEAD

SWPD

MVD

WED

DEFENCE DEPT

NEWS DEPT

UND

CONSULAR EMERGENCY UNIT

MR MALE

MR HAWLEY

MR EDMONDS

PS TO MR HATTERSLEY

PS TO MISS LESTOR

PS TO MR ENNALS

PS TO LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS

PS TO PUS

PS

RESEARCH DEPT (AMERICAN SECTION)

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COPIES TO

MR BLANKS DS 11

MOD

MR T FITZGERALD, HOME OFFICE. LUNAR HOUSE

MR R MACDOWALL

MR WATTS,

HOME OFFICE

COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES DEPT, HOME OFFICE

MR KIDD, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE.

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