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DSR 11 (Revised)
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mutofletter Meleketter despatch/note
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Chief Clerk
DEPARTMENT:
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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
TO:
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Sir Oliver Wright GCVO KCMG DSC BONN
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Sir Jack Cater KBE Acting Governor HONG KONG
SUBJECT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
.........In Confidence
CAVEAT.....
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1. You wrote to Alan Donald about this on 9 June in
response to Murray MacLehose's letter of 15 May.
2.
I was able to discuss the matter with Murray on
14 July, when he arrived on leave. We focussed on
your point that an approach to the Germans would require
that our own record over refugees from South-East Asia
as a whole was as good as and preferably better than the
FRG's. The trouble is that the figures show that since
outflow from Vietnam began the Germans have done better than us. They have taken 13,750 against our 9,500.
Obviously this weakens our ground and I am inclined to agree with you that we would be exposing the Secretary
of State too much if we asked him to write to
Herr Genscher.
3. I know nevertheless that you have Hong Kong's
problems very much in mind. It would be helpful to have
your thoughts on how we can best push Hong Kong's case.
It is a strong one on its own merits. Whatever the
overall records of the resettlement countries, Hong Kong
are losing out when compared with other territories
of first asylum, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia.
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