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ING HONG KONG'S FUTURE UP TO 1997, THIS COULD HAVE UNFORTUNATE IMPLICATIONS FOR CONFIDENCE. WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE FLOW MUST BE STOPPED. NOT SLOWED, BEFORE WE COULD BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT LOCAL ABSORPTION.
17. WE FEEL THAT ALL OF THE EVIDENCE POINTS CLEARLY TO THE FACT THAT OTHERS ARE LOOKING TO UK FOR A GESTURE. IN ITS ABSENCE, WE FEAR THAT THERE MIGHT BE A BACKLASH AND SOME RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES, IRRITATED BY THE UK'S RESETTLEMENT RECORD IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, WILL CUT BACK ON HONG KONG'S SLICE OF THEIR REGIONAL RESETTLEMENT QUOTA.
13. WE FEEL THAT NO LASTING SOLUTION WILL BE FOUND UNTIL THE FLOW OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IS STOPPED. UNTIL SOME MEANS IS FOUND TO DO THIS, WE MUST CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE SOLUTION AGREED AT THE 1979 GENEVA CONFERENCE, CONVENED AT HMG'S INITIATIVE, THAT REFUGEES SHOULD BE RESETTLED INTERNATIONALLY FROM COUNTRIES OF FIRST ASYLUM.
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BOAT PEOPLE
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MR GOODALL
MR O'NEILL
MR WILSON
SIR W HARDING
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