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DESKBY 1609ØØZ
FM HONG KONG 160734Z JUL 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1012 OF 16 JULY.
1.
YOUR TELNO.542: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES GOVERNMENT STATEMENT.
PARA.3. UNLESS YOU ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOU CAN AVOID ANY REFERENCE IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS TO A THREE-YEAR PERIOD, I SUGGEST
THE PHRASE ''AGREED WITH THE GOVERNOR'' SHOULD BE DELETED.
2. I ALSO SUGGEST DELETE FROM THE 64,000 WHO ARE PRESENTLY IN HONG KONG'' AND SUBSTITUTING ''FROM HONG KONG WHERE THERE ARE ALREADY OVER 65,000 AWAITING RESETTLEMENT''.
3.
YOUR TEL NO.541, LAST SENTENCE: SUPPLEMENTARIES ON U.K QUOTA. THE LINE IN YOUR LAST SENTENCE IS FINE. IT CAN BE EXPANDED IF NECESSARY ALONG LINES IN PARA.5 OF MY TELNO.999. BUT ANY DIRECT OR OBLIQUE CONFIRMATION OF THREE-YEAR PHASING WOULD BE DISASTROUS
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW.
4.
# ASSUME THAT THERE WILL BE NO REFERENCE IN SUPPLEMENTARIES TO HONG KONG'S RESETTLEMENT PLEDGE. WE WILL CONSIDER WORDING AND TIMING WHEN WE CAN SEE HOW ALL THIS TURNS OUT.
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