TNAG-1276-FCO40-1626-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 71

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FOLLOWING FROM HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

13.9.83

TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

FROM: COMMISSIONER, LONDON OFFICE

INFO: ROUTINE FCO/HKD AND SEAD

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HKG REPRESENTATIVES: NEW YORK, BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON

VRS IN HK: TELNO 1312 OF 2.9.83

HMG'S INABILITY TO TAKE MORE VRS FROM HK REMAINS A

DISAPPOINTMENT HERE WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WORKING FOR REFUGEES.

THESE AGENCIES CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE HK SITUATION WITH CONCERN

AND SYMPATHY. SOME ARE STILL GIVING THOUGHT TO WAYS OF

RELIEVING HK WHICH MIGHT FIND FAVOUR WITH HMG. HOWEVER,

THEY ARE WELL AWARE (FROM HMG REPRESENTATIVES ON 'VR' COMMITTEES/

FORUMS) THAT THERE ARE IMMENSE DIFFICULTIES.

2. THIS OFFICE CONTINUES TO FEED INFORMATION TO THOSE MEDIA

LIKELY TO HAVE SOME IMPACT ON VIETNAMESE, HERE OR IN VIETNAM--

NOTABLY, BBC VIETNAMESE SERVICE AND THE CHINESE PRESS HERE.

3. AT THE SAME TIME, AS OPPORTUNITY ARISES, WE BRIEF PEOPLE

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