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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

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WOODS (DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF NORTHERN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS) TOLD US ON 15 SEPTEMBER THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT WAS RECOMMENDING

TO VANCE THAT HE SHOULD RAISE WITH YOU THE QUESTION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES (''THE BOAT PEOPLE'') WHEN YOU ARE IN NEW YORK) THE

AMERICANS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE PRESSURES ON THE HONG KONG

GOVERNMENT MAY CAUSE THE LATTER TO ADOPT MORE RESTRICTIVE ATTITUDES THAN AT PRESENTS WOODS POINTED OUT THAT THE AMERICANS

WRE USING THEIR VERY BEST EFFORTS TO GET THE MACAU FACILITY

ESTABLISHED AND MOVE. AS MANY REFUGEES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

TO MACAU AND THE US THEY THEREFORE HOPED THAT THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THEIR BEST TO RESIST PRESSURES TO ADOPT A MORE RESTRICTIVE ATTITUDE”

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