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MY TWO IPT'S: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: SCORRI REPORT

TEXT OF DRAFT TELEGRAM TO WASHINGTON IS AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINS. 1.

PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER ON 26 SEPTEMBER

WILL COINCIDE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH MR

SHULTZ. WE ARE BRIEFING HIM TO RAISE THE SUBJECT OF VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG BRIEFLY IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. WE

SHALL ALSO, AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF UNHCR IN GENEVA

(7-18 OCTOBER), BE PRESSING ALL RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES, INCLUDING

THE AMERICANS, TO ACCEPT MORE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. WE SHOULD

HOWEVER BE GRATEFUL IF AS SOON AS THE WHITE PAPER IS PUBLISHED

YOU COULD MAKE SEPARATE APPROACHES AT A SENIOR LEVEL TO THE STATE-

DEPARTMENT AND ANY OTHER US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (EG IMMIGRATION

AND NATURALISATION SERVICE?) YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE. YOU SHOULD

MAKE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

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WE AND THE HKG ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT THE

AMERICANS HAVE DONE TO HELP HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS: WE

ARE VERY CONSCIOUS THAT THEIR OFFTAKE FROM HONG KONG IS

THE HIGHEST OF ANY RESETTLEMENT COUNTRY.

AS THE AMERICANS ARE AWARE, IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR US

TO INCREASE OUR OWN OFFTAKE OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG IN

RECENT YEARS, DESPITE OUR RESPONSBILITY FOR THE

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