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Vice President Bush's visit to

(13-19 October)

China and Hong

Kong

7.

Hope Vice

President Bush can

importance of full implementation

sensitivity to Hong Kong views.

emphasise to Chinese

of Joint Declaration and

8. Grateful for visit to Hong Kong as

to Hong Kong as gesture of US support for Hong Kong's stability and prosperity.

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Vietnamese Refugees

9. We have just announced decision to accept 500 Vietnamese refugees, almost all from Hong Kong.

Hope this will

encourage others to tak e more. We have also made it clear

that depending on responses from other countries we shall

also consider accepting further limited number from Hong

Kong.

10.

Believe British Embassy have already approached your Government to ask you to take additional numbers. Hope you will consider very carefully whether there is any thing

further you can do to help.

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