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FM FCO 311405Z JULY 85

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1100 OF 31 JULY

FOR WOODHOUSE FROM LEEKS

YOUR TELNO 1468: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: RESETTLEMENT FROM OPEN

CENTRES IN HONG KONG

1.

2.

THANK YOU FOR THE VERY FULL REPORT IN YOUR TUR.

FURTHER TO PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 1041, WE ARE STILL LOCKED IN

BATTLE WITH THE HOME OFFICE ON THE QUESTION OF FURTHER

RESETTLEMENT HERE OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG. IT WOULD

BE TACTICALLY UNWISE FOR US TO SEEK TO PURSUE YOUR PRESENT

SPECIFIC PROPOSAL WITH THE HOME OFFICE UNTIL THE WIDER ISSUES

HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WITH THEM.

3. AS YOU OBSERVE, YOUR PROPOSAL FALLS WITHIN THE TERMS OF

SCORRI RECOMMENDATION NO 5(III). IF PRESSED FOR A REPLY ON HMG'S

VIEWS, YOU MIGHT THEREFORE USE THE GENERAL LINE GIVEN IN PARA 3

OF OUR TELNO 1041. YOU MIGHT ALSO WISH TO POINT OUT THAT IN THE

EVENT THAT HMG WERE TO ACCEPT SCORRI RECOMMENDATION NO 1, THIS

WOULD AFFECT SOME OF THOSE LIVING IN THE TWO OPEN CENTRES.

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PS/LADY YOUNG

PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

DR WILSON

COPIES TO

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