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Secretary of State feels that the Governor must personally

convince the Home Secretary of the need for a further quota.

But the problem of refugees is not immediately pressing and there

could, therefore, be advantage in playing it a little longer in

order to see what progress can be made now on the nationality

front. In any case the Secretary of State has agreed that any

move on additional Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong should be

postponed until after his return from the Far East where he would

see and discuss the problem on the spot.

6 March 1981

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Mr Jones, NTD

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Mr Clift (or)

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