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Minister.

FROM: W G Ehrman, HKD

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30 August 1985

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CC:

Private Secretary

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: SCORRI REPORT

Mr Hartland-Swann, SEAD Mr Lever, UND

Problem

1.

to

To finalise the text of the FCO's contribution

the White Paper in response to SCORRI; and to reply to

Mr Fittall's letter of 14 August to Mr Ricketts.

Recommendation

I recommend that Mr Ricketts replies to the Home Office indicating our

their revised formula

2.

on

agreement

resettlement and enclosing copies of Our

proposed

responses to recommendations 2, 3, 5(i), (ii) and (iv),

and 6. I attach a draft letter.

3. SEAD concur.

Background and Argument

4. I attach a copy of the SCORRI recommendations

reference.

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5.

Mr Ricketts wrote to PS/Mr Brittan on 5 August

proposing a form of words for the reply to SCORRI

recommendation 5(iii) (which recommends that the UK

accept for resettlement from Hong Kong a small number of

Vietname se refugees from the hard-to-resettle category

over and above the family reunion cases). The Home

Office responded on

This differs in three

Ricketts' letter:

14 August with a counter-draft.

respects from that proposed in Mr

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