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TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 47 OF 15 JANUARY
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INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, UKMIS GENEVA.
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MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 41 (NOT TO ALL): ADMISSION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES TO UK.
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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF ARRANGED PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION AND ANSWER WHICH THE HOME OFFICE EXPECT TO BE PUBLISHED ON 17 OR 18 JANUARY.
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Q. TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT WHAT
PROPOSALS THE GOVERNMENT HAS FOR RECEIVING INTO THIS COUNTRY MORE REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM: AND IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THAT, AS PART OF THE WIDER INTER- NATIONAL EFFORT TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS CAUSED IN SOUTH- EAST ASIA BY THE CONTINUING OUT-FLOW OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM, AND IN RESPONSE TO APPEALS BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, IT WILL ADMIT TO THIS COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT 12-15 MONTHS A FURTHER 1,500 VIETNAMESE FORMER QUOTE BOAT UNQUOTE REFUGEES. THESE REFUGEES WILL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY WHO ARE ALREADY ADMITTED UNDER EXISTING POLICY. OF THE 1,500 REFUGEES, 1,000 WILL COME, FROM THOSE ALREADY IN HONG KONG AWAITING RESETTLEMENT AND THE REMAINDER IN EQUAL PROPORTIONS FROM THOSE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS IN MALAYSIA AND THAILAND. ARRANGE- MENTS FOR THEIR RECEPTION AND RESETTLEMENT WILL BE THE RESPON- .SIBILITY OF THE VOLUNTARY REFUGEE ORGANIZATIONS COORDINATED BY
THE BRITISH COUNCIL FOR AID TO REFUGEES TO WHOM THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE GIVING APPROPRIATE .FINANCIAL AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OTHER INTERESTS CONCERNED.
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MY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TELEGRAM CONTAINS THE PROPOSED TEXT OF A HOME OFFICE PRESS NOTICE ON THE SUBJECT.
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