TNAG-1069-FCO40-1319-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-in-the-UK-1981 — Page 51

CODE 18.77

Mr McQuade

My Crift

19/11

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HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

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He is not unnaturally very

I discussed this with David Ford. disappointed with our conclusion. I explained to him that it might be modified if the Hong Kong Government were making a contribution. He understands this and confirmed that the Governor had said, since Mr Davies wrote on 9 October, that it was still a possibility. He said that he would tell Hong Kong what our thinking was and ask if they wished to change this view.

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I agreed that we would hold this until we heard from him again.

19 November 1981

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Hong Kong and General Department

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