TNAG-1274-FCO40-1624-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 146

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4. HONG KONG JUST CANNOT CONTINUE TO ACCEPT MORE REFUGEES INTO MTS OWN COMMUNITY, GINEN ITS OWN POPULATION PRESSURE AND ITS SMALL SIZE. NOR, FOR SIMILAR REASONS, CAN T LONG CONTINUE TO ACT AS A PLACE OF FIRST ASYLUM UNLESS IT CAN BE SURE THAT THE REFUGEES WILL BE RESETTLED ELSEWHERE.

YOUDE

LIMITED

HKD

SEAD

NAD

COPIES TO:-

HK GO

LONDON

WED

AR DONALD

MR GIFFARD

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT ADVANCED

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