TNAG-1068-FCO40-1318-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-in-the-UK-1981 — Page 10

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CONFIDENTIAL

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Mr. Willing

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768.87.

IN PENCIRY . 31 1 8 AUG 1981

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ndon Taken

TELELETTER

will

FROM R P MARGOLIS APA HONG KONG

agree with

FILE REF CR 56/4821/79 DATED 18 AUGUST 1981

Mr.

FOLLOWING FOR T C S STITT SEAD FCO

G. Ford Bloods

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: UK QUOTA

73

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WE WERE GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE FCO TELNO 641 IN REPLY TO OUR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE REMAINING PLACES IN THE UK QUOTA. 2. WE ARE PUZZLED BY THE ASSERTION IN THE TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE THAT THE LACK OF PLACES IN THE RECEPTION CENTRES PREVENTS ANY FURTHER OFFTAKE FOR THE TIME BEING. ACCORDING TO STATISTICS REACHING US FROM THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 639 VACANCIES IN RECEPTION CENTRES AT THE END OF JUNE. EVEN ALLOWING FOR THE CLOSURE OF SOME CENTRES IN JUNE, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH PLACES TO PROCEED WITH SELECTION OF THE REMAINDER OF THE UK QUOTA (ONLY 60 REFUGEES LEFT HONG KONG FOR

THE UK IN JULY).

3. SEAD REGISTRY PLEASE PASS COPY TO P J WILLIAMSON HK AND GD.

SIGNED R P MARGOLIS

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Mr Stift has replied by

tele letter.