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FROM OR WALKER, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT

243/1 DATED 25 JULY 1983

FOLLOWING FOR MR C E LEEKS, REFUGEES DIVISION, SECURITY BRANCH,

HONG KONG

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. YOU MAY LIKE TO KNOW THAT AT A RECENT MEETING OF THE BRITISH

RED CROSS SOCIETY, MRS LEONG OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE RED

CROSS AND MISS SUSAN BALFOUR OF BRCS OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

REFERRED TO DIFFICULTIES WITH VIETNAMESE FAMILY REUNION CASES IN

HONG KONG. THEY SAID THERE WERE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS WHEN

FAMILY MEMBERS ARRIVED IN HONG KONG SEPARATELY AND WERE THEREFORE

SPLIT BETWEEN CLOSED AND OPEN CAMPS.

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THEY WERE ADVISED TO TAKE SPECIFIC CASES UP DIRECTLY WITH YOU

AND THE UNHCR, AND AGREED TO DO SO. THEY WERE AWARE THAT YOU WERE

CONCERNED AT POSSIBLE ABUSES OF THE FAMILY REUNION SYSTEM.

SIGNED OR WALKER

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