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INFO PRIORITY: F.C.O, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.

FOR ORR.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEESS.

NO.

659

BRIEFING FOR U.S DELEGATION NOTES THAT ACCESS TO SPC SYSTEM EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HONG KONG. IF HONG KONG CANNOT BE INCLUDED IN ASEAN INDONESIAN SPC, U.S WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN SOME LANGUAGE THAT DOES NOT EXCLUDE HONG KONG PARTICIPATION IN

OTHER POSSIBLE ASEAN SPCS. U.S DELEGATION WILL ALSO TRY TO FRAME SPC GUIDELINES WITH VIEW THAT LATER U.S MAY APPROACH MACAU OR JAPAN FOR SPC. IN GENERAL U.S WILL SUPPORT INITIATIVES OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO DEVELOP SPC AVAILABLE TO REFUGEES FROM HIEEEEEEEE HONG KONG IN OR OUT OF ASEAN.

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PS/MR BLAKER PS/MR HURD

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SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MR LEAHY

MR MURRAY

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