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191-3OZ JAN 79

TO LIVEDIATE HONG KONG

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TELEGRAM NO 69 OF 19 JANUARY

FOR GOVERNOR

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

1. MR KENNETH CLARKE (CONSERVATIVE

HISK 243/1

RAVIN REGISTRY NO. 51

TOP CO 2 2 JAN1979

DARK OPISUR INDEX

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RUSHCLIFFE) HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 23 JANUARY, TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMON- WEALTH AFFAIRS HOW MANY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARE AT THE MOMENT ACCEPTED AS TEMPORARY RESIDENTS IN HONG KONG AND AWAITING RESETTLEMENT ELSEWHERE.

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2. THE LATEST FIGURES I HAVE ARE CONTAINED IN PARAS 2 AND 3 OF YOUR TEL NO 112 OF 16 JANUARY, GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD UPDATE THESE AT AT 0900 ZULU ON 21 JANUARY AND LET ME HAVE FOR 120OZ SAME DAY,

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