TNAG-0586-FCO40-719-Aid-from-UK-for-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 97

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SEEN AS A TEST-CASE. WHATEVER COURSE THE KONG KONG GOVERNMENT PURSUED, THERE WOULD CERTAINLY BE MORE REFUGEES. IT WAS THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT A CONSISTENT POLICY, INVOLVING THE UNHCR, BE WORKED OUT NOW.

4. AS YOU WILL NOTE, THIS LINE PARALLELS CLOSELY THAT TAKEN BY THE U.S. CONSUL-GENERAL IN HONG KONG (PARAGRAPH 3 OF HONG KONG TELNO 712).

FCO PASS SAVING HANOI

RAMSBOTHAM

FILES HKD (3)

N AM D

UND

SEAD

FED

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

NEWS D

PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS

MR CORTAZZI

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