LORD CARRINGTON: WELL I WOULDN'T WANT TO CRITICISE THE MALAYSIAN T GOVERNMENT FOR WHAT THEY DID IN A SITUATION WHICH IS OBVIOUS VERY DIFFICULT INDEED FOR THEM. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK I WOULD PRIASE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR
WHAT IT DOES.
QUESTION: AS AN ACCEPT ING COUNTRY, DOES THE UK ACCEPT THAT COUNTRIES SUCH AS HONG KONG WHICH ACCEPT REFUGEES INITIALLY SHOULD GET FIRST CHOICE IN HAVING THESE REFUGEES RESETTLED?
LORD CARRINGTON: YES, I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE A REGARD FOR ALL THOSE COUNTRIES WHO ARE ACCEPTING REFUGEES TO THE WAY IN WHICH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS ACTED IN THIS MATTER.
QUESTION: DO YOU THINK THE SYSTEM APPLIES TO THE EUROPEAN
GOVERNMENTS AND THE USA?
LORD CARRINGTON: I THINK THAT ALL GOVERNMENTS SHOULD HAVE REGARD TO WHAT HONG KONG HAS DONE, WHICH, IS OUT OF ALL PROPORTION TO ITS POPULATION, AND OF WHICH IT OUGHT TO BE VERY PROUD.
QUESTION: WOULD YOU CARE TO COMMENT ON THE CHINESE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS?
LORD CARRINGTON:
YES. THE NUMBERS SEEM TO HAVE DIMINISHED.
AND THIS IS NO DOUBT DUE IN PART TO THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE GOVERNOR, AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE RESOURCES HE HAS AT HIS DISPOSAL TO PREVENT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM COMING OVER. PARTLY I THINK, AND HOPE, TO THE PROMPT ACCEPTANCE BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT OF THE GOVERNOR'S REQUEST FOR REINFORCEMENTS, WHICH I ALSO HOPE NOT ONLY HAS SHOWN THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO HELP WHEN IT CAN, BUT ALSO HAS SHOWN A DETERMINATION THAT REALLY IN HONG KONG YOU
AND THIS CANNOT GO ON ACCEPTING NUMBERS ON THAT SORT OF SCALE. MAY VERY WELL HAVE BEEN NOTICED BY OUR CHINESE FRIENDS ACROSS THE BORDER, WHO I HOPE ARE BEING EQUALLY VIGILENT IN TRYING TO PREVENT IMMIGRANTS FROM COMING OVER. BUT I THINK IT WOULD
AFTER ALL BE TOO SOON TO SAY THAT THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED. THIS MAY BE JUST A TEMPORARY LESSENING OF THE FLOW. ONLY JUDGE BY THE PEOPLE YOU FIND, AND NOT BY THE PEOPLE WHCM YOU DON'T FIND. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY WHAT I SAW THIS MORNING, I THOUGHT THAT THE ARMY WERE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. FOR THE MOMENT THE SITUATION IS BETTER, AND I HOPE IT WILL
CONTINUE.
YOU CAN
AT LEAST
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