TNAG-1182-FCO40-1484-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-the--1982 — Page 45

From:

CONFIDENTIAL

I D BROWN, Defence Secretariat 15(L)

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Main Building Whitehall London SW1A 2HB Telephone 01-218 6240

01-218 9000

(Direct Dialling) (Switchboard)

REBU 1 week

Noted CSE

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Mr C G Edgar

Hong Kong and General Department Foreign and Commonwealth Office

SWI

Your reference

Our reference

D/DS15(L)/605/104

Date

12.th

12 August 1982

HK 1243/1

16 AUG 1982

Dear Edgar,

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

OPPOSED TOWING OF CRAFT

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IND

You will have seen the letter of 22 July from Captain-in-Charge Hong Kong (579/4) copied to you by DS5 in this Ministry under their loose minute D/DS5/7/14/75E of 11 August. I will be showing the letter to the Treasury Solicitor's Department for their comments, but it would obviously be very useful if we could also see the advice of FCO Legal Advisers on what may be a very sensitive issue.

Yours sincerely, Jan Brown

Copies to:

DS5a (Mr Amos)

DN Plans

DNOT

DS11(Mr Powell)

T Sol (Mr Coopman) (with copy of DS5 minute and attachments)

Ви

изне

CSE

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CONFIDENTIAL

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