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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
SECRETARY OF A MAGAZINE CALLED 'VENTURER', WHICH APPEARS TO
BE PUBLISHED BY MEMBERS OF OCKENDEN VENTURE, HAS WRITTEN TO
SECRETARY OF STATE, DRAWING TO HIS ATTENTION AN ARTICLE IN THE
MAY 1984 EDITION OF THE MAGAZINE WHICH QUOTES THE 'UN HIGH
COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES IN HONG KONG' (PRESUMABLY MRS LASAN) AS
SAYING THAT 'UNTIL BRITAIN TAKES MORE REFUGEES, NOBODY ELSE WILL
EITHER. THEY WILL PILE UP, FORGOTTEN IN PRISONS. FOR EVERY
100 REFUGEES GOING TO BRITAIN, I COULD FIND HOMES FOR 1000 MORE
AROUND THE WORLD. IF BRITAIN TOOK 1000 MORE, THEN ALMOST ALL
COULD BE FREE.'
2.
GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER YOU CAN CONFIRM ACCURACY OF THIS
QUOTATION, AND GIVE DETAILS OF WHEN AND TO WHOM THE REMARK WAS
MADE. WE MAY BE ABLE TO INCLUDE IT IN MR LUCE'S BRIEFING FOR THE
ORAL EVIDENCE WHICH HE WILL BE GIVING TO SCORRI ON 21 JANUARY.
(WE ARE WAITING FOR SCORRI TO SEND US DETAILS OF THE QUESTIONS
THEY INTEND TO PUT TO MR LUCE. WE SHALL THEN DRAFT ANSWERS WHICH
WE WILL CLEAR WITH YOU IN ADVANCE OF THE HEARING).
HOWE
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