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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

· 1 JUN 1983

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

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REGISTRY

File

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

(69).

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Action Taken

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D G Jeaffreson Esq CBE Secretary for Security Security Branch.

· Government Secretariat HONG KONG

Dear David

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF MAINTAINING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1.

Thank you for your letter of 12 May enclosing a copy of this useful report. It has been read here with great interest by those concerned with Hong Kong's refugee problems.

2. As you say, even acting as a place of first asylum is an expensive business, and the Hong Kong Government has shouldered an enormous burden. I can assure you that we are acutely aware of the difficulties you face and shall continue to make every effort to look for ways of helping Hong Kong to reduce its refugee population.

Jones

Dick

R D Clift

Hong Kong Department

cc:

CM J Segar Esq SEAD, FCO

WASHINGTON

UKMIS GENEVA

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