TNAG-0892-FCO40-1102-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 58

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FM FCO 291615Z JUN 79

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 466 OF 29 JUNE

PQ: INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES.

1. MR ALASTAIR GOODLAD (NORTHWICH

Hkk 243/!

·24.)

CONSERVATIVE) HAS

PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PQ FOR WRITTEN REPLY: QUOTE TO ASK THE LORD PRIVY SEAL, HOW MANY INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES ARE NOW ESTIMATED TO BE IN HONG KONG: AND HOW MANY

HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT, UNQUOTE,

2. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR NEXT WEEKLY SITREP ARRIVES DESKBY

Ø30900 Z AS WE HAVE TO SUBMIT BY NOON ON 3 JULY. FOR SECOND

PART OF QUESTION WE WILL USE THE FIGURES CONTAINED IN YOUR

TELNO 759 OF 11 JUNE UNLESS THERE HAVE BEEN ANY ADDITIONS

SINCE THEN. WE WOULD BE EXCEEDINGLY RELUCTANT TO REVISE

THE ESTIMATES YET AGAIN AS WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TO EXPLAIN THE

REASONS FOR THE DIFFERENT FIGURES GIVEN TO MR ROBERT PARRY MP

ON 11 JUNE AND MR PATRICK WALL MP ON 13 JUNE.

CARRINGTON

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PILES HK & GD

SEAD-

UND

FED

EESD

NAM D

SAD

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D M & VD PS

PS/LPS PS/MR.HURD PS/MR.BLAKER PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR. CORTAZZI

MR.HURRAY

MR.STRATTON

ADDITIONAL DISTN.

BOAT PEOPLE

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