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FM HONGAID 211745 APRIL 80

TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TELNO HK407 OF 21 APRIL

TO: COMMUNICATION FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

FOR BARNES FROM WEBB-JOHNSON

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- YOUR TELNO 386 OF 18 APRIL VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. MEETING AT

HOME OFFICE THIS MORNING CONCENTRATED ON PROPOSAL FOR GENERAL COUNSELLING ON RESETTLEMENT OPTIONS TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN CAMPS BY UNHCR AND PROVISION OF BRIEFING MATERIALS. WILLIAMSON WILL WRITE WITH FURTHER DETAILS OF THIS PROPOSAL.

2. HOME OFFICE WILL PRODUCE BOOKLET IN CHINESE AND VIETNAMESE AS GENERAL GUIDANCE ON LIFE IN BRITAIN. THESE CAN BE DISTRIBUTED BY SELECTION TEAMS WHEN THEY ARE IN HONG KONG. PLEASE ADVISE FOR HOME OFFICE INFORMATION WHO COULD UNDERTAKE DISTRIBUTION IN ABSENCE OF SELECTION TEAMS. ALSO FOR INFORMATION OF HOME OFFICE, PLEASE ADVISE WHAT USE HAS BEEN MADE OF FILM ON VR THEY SENT BY BAG.++♣ ♣

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HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE

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