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in the sense that there BDTCS wold pen for Sinter nights of more Vietnamese refugees were .... for settlement in the UK. The Hong Kong Government, which would of course strongly favour a new initiative by HMG over resettlement ve never brought this to our

@phever attention as an inhibiting factor. On the contrary it must be said that the presence in Hong Kong of the Vietnamese refugees is a Matter

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resentment among the local population:

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i) because of the drain ... which could otherwise be used for

their own benefit;

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ii) because (with regard to those in open camps) of the ... of Vietnamese on the local labour market;

reception

refugees

iii) because of the contrast between the reaction of arrivals from

Vietnam and the necessary policy of repatriation of illegal

immig

igrants from China, many of whom may have been seeking to join

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relations in Hong Kong.

by action taken by HMG to ellenete the pottery wash teentioned in #7.

indisputable

Moreover I think it is that our lack of action over

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resettlement is viewed critically in Hong Kong as a shirking of our

dependent responsibilities towards a

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territory. In short I believe that

the local population shows our hope for an early resolution of the

should problem of refugees. I do not think supposed tocal

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