TNAG-0586-FCO40-719-Aid-from-UK-for-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 180

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1.'

Mr Jeaffreson

Deputy Financial Secretary

Colonial Secretariat

HONG KONG

Telephone 01.

Your reference

Our reference.

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Date

4 February 1976

UNITED KINGDOM FINANCIAL AID FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

1. Please refer to Mrs Ford's letter DIS 182/201/03 of 30 June 1975, Mrs Johnson's letter HKK 18/25 of 5 August 1975 and your tel no 806 of 20 August 1975.

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2. The Accounts Department of the Ministry of Overseas Development have now asked us to obtain the following statements on the £70,000 paid into the Hong Konr Government's account at the Crown Agents as a contribution to the support of the Vietnamese refugees:-

3.

a

(c)

written acknowledgement of the receipt of the money; a short report of the Hong Kong Government's activities in helping, the Vietnamese;

a financial statement certified by independent auditors in which HMG's contribution can be readily identified and from which it will be clear that the £70,000 has been fully applied to the purposes intended.

I would be most grateful if you would arrange for these statements to be forwarded to this department in due course.

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hrs Ford, Disaster Unit,

ODM

Mr Stickels, Finance Dept,

ODM,

R B JANVRIN

Hong Kong and Indian Ocean

Department

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