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TELEGRAM NUMBER 786 OF 6 JUNE
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Action Taken
YOUR TELNO 1054: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : SCORRI REPORT
1.
TRAINING: PARAGRAPH 1(F) OF YOUR TELNO 1034 ANSWERS THE QUESTION IN GENERAL TERMS: BUT WE THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF
THE MORE POSITIVE MORE DETAIL COULD BE GIVEN IN THE WHITE PAPER.
WE CAN BE THE BETTER, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE NEGATIVE REPLY
WE REALISE THAT WE SHALL PROBABLY BE GIVING ON CLOSED CAMPS. THAT YOU MAY WISH TO SEEK THE VIEWS OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND UNHCR ABOUT THE SORT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT MIGHT BE DESIRABLE WE THINK THAT YOU WOULD AND POSSIBLE IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
BE BEST PLACED TO DRAFT A PASSAGE FOR THE WHITE PAPER ON THIS SUBJECT. COULD YOU UNDERTAKE THIS?
2.
RESETTLEMENT IN HONG KONG OF ETHNIC CHINESE: WE RECOGNISE THAT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ON THIS UNTIL
WE MAY ASK YOU FOR MORE THE RESETTLEMENT PICTURE IS CLEARER.
MATERIAL FOR INCLUSION IN THE WHITE PAPER WHEN WE HAVE REACHED
FIRM DECISIONS ON RESETTLEMENT IN THE UK.
3.
CLOSED CAMPS: WE SHALL INCORPORATE IN OUR DRAFT THE POINT IN
HOWEVER WE THINK THAT THE PARAGRAPH 1(E) OF YOUR TELNO 1034.
IT
POINT IN PARA 2 OF TUR ABOUT BOATS WHICH HAVE VOLUNTARILY LEFT HONG KONG: IS A DOUBLE EDGED WEAPON. WHILE WE AGREE THAT IT IS CONVINCING EVIDENCE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CLOSED CAMP POLICY, WE THINK THAT IT IS LIABLE TO MISREPRESENTATION. WOULD PROBALY BE SAID (WE RECOGNISE QUITE UNFAIRLY) THAT THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES WERE EXERTING PRESSURE ON NEWLY ARRIVING REFUGEES NOT TO STAY IN HONG KONG, AND COULD LEAD TO ALLEGATIONS OF INHUMANE TREATMENT. HENCE WE THINK IT IS BEST OMITTED FROM
THE REPLY TO SCORRI.
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