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will not however be

asked to implement SCORRI'S

the closed camp policy be

because we consider it to be a necessary

recommendation that

discontinued,

deterrment to further arrivals from Vietnam.

26. These decisions will be announced in a Home Office

White Paper in response to SCORRI due to be published on 26 September. (The White Paper will also contain

the

the

Home

recommendations

Office's

response

to

other

in the report, which relate to the

problems of the Vietnamese in Britain, and UK Asylum

procedures.)

at

27. Immediately after publication of the White Paper

we shall be

be launching a diplomatic campaign aimed persuading other countries to increase their intake of

refugees from Hong Kong.

As well as instructing

diplomatic posts to approach their host governments (both those which traditionally take large numbers of

refugees from Hong Kong, ie US, Canada, and Australia, and those others which have hitherto only accepted

refugees on an irregular basis), we shall be briefing

Ministers and senior officials to raise the matter in

bilateral

multilateral meetings whenever

opportunities arise. We shall also be asking UNHCR to

mak e parallel approaches to these countries on our

behalf.

and

Hong Kong Dollar Finance for Commercial Contracts

28. ECGD have authority to guarantee fixed rate

project finance in "standard" currencies (including sterling and the United States dollar) but must seek

Treasury

financing in "non-standard"

currencies (such as the Hong Kong Dollar). Fixed rate

project finance in these currencies is not authorised

unless evidence exists of a similar arrangement being

offered by a competing contractor.

for agreement

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