TNAG-0894-FCO40-1104-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 259

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HOWEVER, WE HAVE ALSO PUT DOWN A MARKER THAT WE HOPE A FURTH UPWARD REVISION WILL BE POSSIBLE IF NUMBERS ARRIVING HERE CONTINUE

TO INCREASE. WE HAVE ALSO SAID THAT, WHILE WE HOPE THE U.S STRATEGY OF CONTINUING TO OFFER HIGH NUMBERS TO MALAYSIA PRODUCES A MORE GENEROUS LANDING POLICY THERE, WE HOPE THAT THE POLICIES ADOPTED BY PLACES OF FIRST ASYLUM WILL BE AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT

FACTOR IN ALLOCATING THE U.S QUOTA.

MACLEHOSE

FILES SEAD

HK & GD

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 MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

2

ADDITIONAL DISTN

BOAT PEOPLE

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