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(B)
IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO CONSIDER MAKING AN EXCEPTION IN THE CASE OF THE HUEY FONG, BUT ONLY IF WE COULD BE ASSURED THAT ALL REFUGEES FROM SIMILAR SHIPS ARRIVING IN FUTURE IN HONG KONG WOULD BE REMOVED FROM HONG KONG WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD EITHER FOR PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS OR TO A TRANSIT CENTRE' SUCH AN ASSURANCE SEEMS MOST UNLIKELY,
(C)
DOES HARTLING HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS (OTHER THAN ALLOWING THE HUEY FONG REFUGEES TO LAND HERE) ABOUT ACTIONS WHICH WE COULD TAKE TO ENSURE THAT THE REFUGEE PROBLEM IS TACKLED MORE SUCCESSFULLY ?
MACLEHOSE
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HK & G D
UND
READ
FED SAD
EID(E)
FUSU
OID
IPD
NEVS D
MVD
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PS/MR.LUARD PS/FUS SIR A.DUPP MR.CORTAZZI MR.WETR MR.MURRAY
COPIES TO:
MR. BIRT, HO.,LUNAR HOUSE, CROYDON. MR. BURLEIGH, HO.,QUEEN ANNE'S
GATE.
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON,
IS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
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