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DESKPY 130100Z
FM FCO 121624Z JUL 79
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 529 OF 12 JULY
CONFIDENTIAL
HEK-245
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no 819.7
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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM MURRAY.
YOUR TELNO 934: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. WHILE WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE MINUTES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT
MINISTERS TODAY CONFIRMED THEIR AGREEMENT TO A NEW UK QUOTA OF 10,000 REFUGEES, ALL TO BE TAKEN FROM HONG KONG. SHIP RESCUES WILL BE SUBTRACTED. THERE WILL BE SOME PHASING BUT THIS WILL NOT
DE SPELT OUT WHEN THE QUOTA IS ANNOUNCED.
2. FOR TACTICAL REASONS AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS NOT (NOT) MADE TODAY.
BUT THE INTENTION IS TO MAKE ONE BEFORE THE CONFERENCE,
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MR CORTAZZI
FR MURRAY,
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