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initiating moves for compulsory repatriation to a country with a regime such as that`in Vietnam

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In sum, the Filipinos can live with the present arrangements, as they affect them, and they will hope to maintain a low profile on Vietnamese refugees. They cannot, therefore, be looked to as a significant source of support for radical proposals, such as the one raised by Philip Haddon-Cave. As seen from here, the prospects of winning concessions from the Americans and Australians, perhaps promoted by a gesture from ourselves in Britain, must still offer a more practicable, if nonetheless very difficult means, of mitigating the problems faced in Hong Kong.

Yours EVE Malal

M H Morgan

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Bangkok

Kuala Lumpur

Jakarta

Singapore

Hanoi

UKMIS New York

UKMIS Geneva

Washington

Canberra

Ottawa

Political Adviser, Hong Kong

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