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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
19 SEP 1985
CONFIDENTIAL
20571965
dr...
DESK OFFICER
REGISTRY
FROM:
A C Galsworthy
INDEX
PA
Action Taken
DATE:
19 September 1985
Dr Wilson
VISIT TO WASHINGTON: 5-8 OCTOBER
N/R
1. You asked in your minute of 16 September for briefing on
Hong Kong for your visit to Washington. I submit a short
checklist of Hong Kong points to make covering the JLG and Vietnamese refugees.
2. On Vietnamese refugees, the main point to
to raise with
the Americans is resettlement. The Home Office White Paper
in response to the SCORRI report will be published on 26 September.
instructing the Embassy in
Americans immediately after
We shall be
Washington to approach the
publication to press them to take additional numbers of
refugees from Hong Kong. We have also briefed the Secretary
of State to raise the matter when he meets Mr Shultz in New
In addition, we hope that Mr
York on 26 September.
to
Waddington will have raised the matter
the matter during his visit
Washington on 19/20 September, when he was due to meet Ambassador Douglas, US Coordinator for Refugee Affairs, and
Mr urcell, Director of the Bureau for Refugee programmes at
the State Department. It would be useful if you could also
raise the subject during your own visit.
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