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TELEGRAM NUMBER 251 OF 17 MARCH

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FCO TELNO 244: ANOTHER QUESTION FROM TOM ARNOLD M.P.

1. THE FOLLOWING QUESTION IS DOWN FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 22 MARCH:

TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH

AFFAIRS, PURSUANT TO THE ANSWER OF 14 MARCH, WHETHER AT HIS

MEETING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES,

THE SUBJECT OF THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG

KONG WAS DISCUSSED: WHAT OTHER SUBJECTS WERE DISCUSSED: AND IF HE

WILL MAKE A STATEMENT.

2. WE PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING REPLY. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

HAS NOT YET HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH

COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES. THE MINISTER OF STATE MR DOUGLAS HURD

MET MR HARTLING WHEN IN GENEVA LAST WEEK BUT IT WAS ESSENTIALLY

A COURTESY CALL AND THIS SUBJECT WAS NOT DISCUSSED

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