TNAG-0890-FCO40-1100-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 24

REFERENCES

Flag A

24 May

Cols 1228-1231.

Flag B

30 May

Speech by Lord Privy Seal

Flag C

31 May

Letter from Prime Minister, to Dr Waldheim

Flag D

11 June

Cols

92-93

Flag E

11 June

Cols

30-33

Flag F

15 June

Col

329

NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES

DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG

1.

The Governor was in London for consultations last week.

He reported on the serious situation in Hong Kong to my

right honourable Friends the Prime Minister and the Foreign

and Commonwealth Secretary, and had discussions with other

Ministers on 17 June. There were 54,178 boat refugees in

Hong Kong, of whom 13,390 had arrived this month. The

Government considers that pressure on Hong Kong caused by the

continuing flow of refugees from Vietnam can only be relieved

by concerted international action of the kind for which we

are pressing.

MILITARY REINFORCEMENTS

2. The possibility of providing reinforcements for the

Hong Kong Garrison was raised during consultations with the

Governor and is now under consideration by my right honourable

Friend the Secretary of State for Defence. This is in the

context of the serious problem of illegal immigration from

China and not of Vietnamese refugees.