TNAG-0889-FCO40-1099-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 26

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CONFIDENTIAL STAFF-IN-CONFIDENCE

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FM HONG KONG 080358Z JUN 79 ·

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.753 OF 8 JUNE.

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REVISIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

35 JUN 1979

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REINFORCEMENT OF POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFFICE,

1. THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFFICE IS NOW CARRYING A HEAVY

ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD BECAUSE OF THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIP

WITH CHINA AND, MORE RECENTLY, THE REFUGEE PROBLEM.

2. 1 THINK WE MUST REINFORCE THE OFFICE AT LEAST WHILE THE

REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION PROBLEM IS AT ITS PRESENT PITCH. WHAT IS REQUIRED IS A GOOD, QUICK DRAFTING, 1ST/2ND SECRETARY

WHO COULD COME HERE BEFORE AUGUST AND STAY FOR SIX MONTHS

IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. PART OF THIS WOULD BE TO COVER THE

PERIOD WHEN THE P.A WILL BE ON LEAVE AND DURING WHICH THE

ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER WOULD BE UNABLE TO COPE ALONE.

3. I WOULD LIKE THE POLITICAL ADVISER TO FOLLOW THIS UP WITH

PERSONNEL OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT WHEN WE ARE IN LONDON NEXT WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

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