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My minute of 19 July recorded a discussion between Sir M MacLehose and Mr Woodfield at the Home Office about

the timetable for bringing refugees from Hong Kong to this country. It was agreed that, as a first step, a Home Office- led team might go to Hong Kong in August to select a further batch of refugees.

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As you will see from the attached Home Office telegram, The team will go to Hong Kong in mid-August with the aim of

The criteria for selecting a minimum of 1,500 refugees. selection (paragraph 4 of the telegram) strike me as not unreasonable.

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