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RECEIVE. REGISTRY

23 SEP 1985

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FROM:

A C Galsworthy, HKD

DATE:

23 September 1985

Cc:

PS/Mr Renton

Mr Hartland - Swann, SEAD

Mr Lever, UND

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

CAMPAIGN ON RESETTLEMENT

HONG KONG: SCORRI REPORT: DIPLOMATIC

1. The Home Office White Paper in response to SCORRI's report will be published at 2.30 pm on Thursday 26 September. We have

already sent you a copy of

send you the final proof, and will

is ready by the the printed version if it

time you leave for

Honiara.

2.

As

soon

is published we

the White Paper as

shall be

embarking on our international resettlement campaign. For this

purpose we propose to:

(i)

issue

guidance a

and summarising the

in responses

SCORRI recommendations which

(issuing today: text attached)

telegram to all Overseas posts explaining the background to Hong Kong's refugee problem,

to the White Paper

the

relate to Hong Kong;

(ii) instruct selected Overseas posts

host to approach their take additional numbers of

We propose to approach both

to press them to governments refugees from

from Hong Kong. countries which already take large numbers of refugees. from Hong Kong (the US, Canada and Australia), and those which have only accepted them on an irregular basis in

the past (mainly

EC and other European

countries).

Commonwealth,

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