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CONFIDENTIAL

DESKBY 110930Z

FM HONG KONG 110852Z MAR 33

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 337 OF 11 MARCH

INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

FOR SEAD

YOUR TELNO 221 : MR ARNOLDS PQ

WE SUGGEST AN AMENDED REPLY AS FOLLOWS:

MKK 243||

3120 A MENUPUNG. 31 1 5 MAR 1983

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16/31

''WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL EFFORTS BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES TO ARRANGE RESETTLEMENT. IN HONG KONG · THERE ARE 12,270 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES CURRENTLY AWAITING RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS, OF WHOM 3,595 ARE IN CLOSED, AND 8,675 IN OPEN, CENTRES. SINCE 1975 HONG KONG HAS PROVIDED FIRST ASYLUM FOR MORE THAN 100,000 AND PERMANENTLY RESETTLED 14,000 WITHIN ITS OWN COMMUNITY. WE CANNOT EXPECT IT TO ACCEPT ANY MORE FOR RESETTLEMENT''

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