1090
Mr Murray
Parliamentary Unit
HOUSE OF COMMONS PQ:
HEE.
243
CONFIDENTIAL
ROLVED IN REG
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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VNO. 51
2 1 JUN 1979
DESK OFFICER
PA
REGISTRY Action Tuken
1. I submit a draft reply and background note to the attached PQ
put down by Mr Patrick Wall MP (Haltemprice
Conservative) for written
(107fPply on 13 June.
A, B
C
see (12442
2. The draft reply is based on information supplied by the Hong
Kong Government. The figure for those who have been allowed to settle
permanently in Hong Kong is higher than the figure of 9,200 quoted
in reply to Mr Parry's question on 11 June. Since passing the
information on which the earlier reply was based the Hong Kong
Government have done further work on the figures. It appears that
they had originally underestimated, by about 1,700, the number of
Vietnamese who were in Hong Kong at the time of the Communist takeover
in South Vietnam, and were allowed to stay. I will be submitting an
explanatory letter to Mr Parry.
12 June 1979
In lindon
RJT McLaren
Hong Kong and General Department
CONFIDENTIAL
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