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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: POSSIBLE RESETTLEMENT IN
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AT OUR RECENT MEETING IN LONDON, YOU MENTIONED THAT TANZANIA MIGHT BE WILLING TO ACCEPT SOME VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG FOR RESETTLEMENT. YOU SAID THAT FARMERS WITH EXPERIENCE OF RICE GROWING MIGHT BE PARTICULARLY SUITABLE. KONG HAVE SINCE CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE INDEED SUCH REFUGEES AMONG THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN CAMPS AWAITING RESETTLEMENT.
BACKGROUND TO THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM IN HONG
KONG IS GIVEN IN FCO GUIDANCE TELNO 125 OF 23 SEPTEMBER. AS I EXPLAINED AT OUR MEETING, SINCE THE PUBLICATION ON 26 SEPTEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER IN RESPONSE TO THE SUB-COMMITEE ON RACE RELATIONS AND IMMIGRATION (SCORRI)'S REPORT 'RACE RELATIONS AND ASYLUM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE VIETNAMESE', WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING A MAJOR DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN TO PERSUADE OTHER COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT MORE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. SO FAR WE HAVE DIRECTED OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS COUNTRIES WHICH EITHER CURRENTLY
TAKE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG ON A REGULAR BASIS (THE US, CANADA, AUSTRALIA), OR WHICH HAVE TAKEN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS IN THE PAST,
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