TNAG-1068-FCO40-1318-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-in-the-UK-1981 — Page 96

PP GOVERNOR HONG KONG

GRS 133

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO 24094OZ APR 81

CONFIDENTIAL

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 401 OF 24 APRIL.

FOR GOVERNOR FROM CLIFT

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

HKCK 243/2

RECITVAR IN ALGISTRY NO. 51

27 APR 1981

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1.

FOLLOWING THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT, WE ARE ABOUT TO

SUBMIT TO MINISTERS ON THIS QUESTION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE

SECRETARY OF STATE DOES NOT WISH TO PRESS FOR A FURTHER QUOTA AT

THIS STAGE, GIVEN THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME UNDER THE ORIGINAL

QUOTA AND THE FACT THAT HARD EVIDENCE OF CURRENT PRESSURE FROM

THE AMERICANS AND CANADIANS IS LACKING.

2.

WE THEREFORE INTEND TO RECOMMEND THAT THE POSITION SHOULD

BE KEPT UNDER CLOSE REVIEW AND THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD

REPORT AGAIN WHEN THE PROGRESS OF THE OFFTAKE BY OURSELVES AND

OTHER COUNTRIES BECOMES CLEARER.

3.

I HOPE YOU WILL AGREE THAT THIS IS THE MOST SENSIBLE

PRACTICAL COURSE AT PRESENT.

CARRINGTON

DISTRIBUTION

LIMITED

HK GD

SEAD

MR DONALD

COPIES TO:

MR FORD, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON

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