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refugees should

should have to remain in camps,

either open or

Our objective must be to find durable solutions

closed

for all of them as soon as possible.

As you may know, the United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees, Mr Hartling, came to London on 5 June for

discussions about Hong Kong's

Hong Kong's problem in the context of

the SCORRI recommendations. We had a useful and wide

ranging exchange of views. On the question of closed

camps about which we

corresponded

Little to add to my Letter of 21

Last year, I have

December.

You may

Hartling visited the

however Like to know that when Mr

camps he commented that he found the conditions "very

encouraging", and said he thought the Hong Kong

authorities and the voluntary agencies were doing a very

good job, for which he was very grateful.

I am returning the

the enclosures to your letter,

Letter, copies of

which have been retained for our files.