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will participate. At that conference, the international community will be expected to make greater efforts to alleviate the refugee problem. I have, therefore, suggested to the Home Office that the occasion would be an ideal one during which to announce any further intake of Indo-Chinese refugees (the majority of whom, if the proposal is agreed, we should expect to take from Hong Kong, with smaller numbers from Thailand and Malaysia). I have asked the Home Office whether it might be helpful for them to have a memorandum, of the kind you suggested, in the last paragraph of your letter under reference, on Hong Kong's refugee problem. keep you informed of developments.
I shall
/ 9. I should be grateful if you would pass on the enclosed letter
from me to James Stewart.
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