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INFO UKMIS GENEVA HANOI VIENTIANE (PLEASE PASS CONFIRMATION
COPY SAVING HANOI)
INFO SAVING PARIS UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. THE HOME SECRETARY HAS AGREED TO THE ADMISSION OF THE 153-ODD REFUGEES WHO EXPRESSED A WISH TO COME HERE, SUBJECT TO PERSONAL
ACCEPTABILITY.
2. THIS IS REGARDED BOTH AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE GENERAL POLICY
THAT REFUGEES SHOULD HAVE SOME LINK WITH THIS COUNTRY TO QUALIFY
FOR ADMISSION AND AS OUR FINAL CONTRIBUTION TO THIS REFUGEE RE-
SETTLEMENT PROBLEM IN HONG KONG. THIS CONCESSION IS ALSO MADE ON
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GOVERNMENT FUNDS WILL NOT BE COMMITTED TO
PAY FOR IT.
3. THE HOME OFFICE WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY STATEMENT ON THIS
DECISION IN VIEW OF ITS EXCEPTIONAL NATURE. HOWEVER THEY HAVE · NO OBJECTION TO YOUR MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN HONG KONG.
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MR FITZGERALD HOME OFFICE MR R MACDOWALL HOME OFFICE MR WATTS COMMUNITY PROGRAMME OFFICE, HOME OFFICE MR KIDD HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE
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