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(11) WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE AMERICANS EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR OFF-TAKE IN THE FIRST WUARTER OF 1982 TO MAKE UP FOR THE SHARTP CUTBACK IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. THIS IS VERY HELPFUL.
(111) BUT WE ARE DISTURBED BY THE WAY IN WHICH CURRENT POLICY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST HONG KONG. WHY HAS THE DECISION TO EXCLUDE CATEGORY 4E REFUGEES BEEN APPLIED TO HONG KONG ALONE 7. IF IT IS BECAUSE HONG KONG CAN BE RELIED ON NOT TO RESORT TO THE HARSH POLICIES AVAILABLE TO THE THAIS AND MALAYSIANS, IS IT NOT UNREASONABLE THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BE A VICTIM OF ITS OWN GENEROSITY ?.
(IV) IT IS IN ANY CASE UNREASONABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION APPLY TO THOSE WHO HAD ALREADY ARRIVED IN HONG KONG BEFORE THE CHANGE OF POLICY. WE SHARE THE US WISH TO DETER FURTHER ARRIVALS, BUT MAKING THE CHANGE RETROACTIVE WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DETERRENT EFFECT. IT WILL HOWEVER CAUSE ADDITIONAL DIFFICULTIES FOR HONG KONG.
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ECD (E) SIR⋅E YOU DE MR DONALD
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