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PS/Lord Belstead

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Mr Donald

Mr Freeland

Mr Edwards

UND SEAD

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1.

AISTRY Action Taken

GBIC

I attach a copy of a letter from Williamson of the

at

• original Hong Kong Government Security Branch to Mr Clift. Enclosed 243/(1982)

with the letter is the brief on Vietnamese refugees which was used when Lord Belstead visited Hong Kong last month.

2.

If you agree, we should, at tomorrow's meeting on closed camps, also discuss the 2 suggestions made in the conclusion to the brief at paragraph 19: a further UK quota for Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong; and the possibility of involuntary repatriation. SEAD are preparing a brief setting out the pros and cons for each suggestion. We will incorporate this with the brief for Lord Belstead on closed camps.

Tom Smith

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T W M Smith

5 January 1983

Hong Kong and General Department

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