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Mr Male

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P ON HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: MR KENNETH CLARKE MP

Mr Kenneth Clarke MP (Conservative, Rushcliffe) has asked, in a Written question, whether there are any refugees from South Vietnam remaining in Hong Kong: and what their prospects are for

the future.

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Mr Clarke asked two Questions last year on the same subject: one, answered on 2 July, concerned HMG's financial

assistance for the relief of the refugees and the other, answered on 28 October, the number of refugees remaining in Hong Kong.

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I submit a draft reply to Mr Clarke's latest Question based on up-to-date figures supplied by the Hong Kong Government (Hong Kong telegram no. 323 refers).

5 April 1976

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PS/Lord Goronwy-Roberts

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PL O'Keeffe

Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept.

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