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A) WE MIGHT IMPOSE A LIMIT ON NUMBERS IN THE CENTRE,

B) WE MIGHT IMPOSE A LIMIT ON THE TIME ANY REFUGEE SPENDS IN

THE TRANSIT CENTRE,

WE WOULD LOOK TO THE UNHCR TO PAY THE FULL COSTS OF THE CENTRE, WITH A GUARANTEED COMMITTMENT, AND

D) WE MIGHT SEEK A QUID-PRO-QUO.

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I WAS AGAIN PRESSED FOR DETIALS OF WHAT HMG MEANT ABOUT FURTHER LIMITED NUMBERS. I SAID THAT I DID NOT KNOW, BUT, SINCE HMS HAD MADE A PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT IT WOULD TAKE MORE, THIS

WAS NOW ITS POLICY. I SAID THAT HONG KONG WAS QUITE SINCERE IN

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ITS DECISION TO TAKE ETHNIC CHINESE AS PART OF N AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO REDUCE HONG KONG'S REFUGEE POPULATION.

I WAS ASKED ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF UK FAMILY REUNION CASES. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION OVER THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.

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I EXPLAINED ABOUT THE 420 MENTIONED IN THE WHITE PAPER, THE 490 ACTUALY IN HONG KONG AND THE 60 OUTSIDE HONG KONG. I EXPLAINED THAT THE OFFTAKE WOULD BE AT THE RATE OF 40 PER MONTH AND WOULD BEGIN NEXT MONTH,

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I WAS AKED ABOUT ANY WHO DID NOT ACCEPT A RESETTLEMENT OFFER IN UK AND I SAID THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER INVOLVING SOME SORT OF SANCTION. THEY SUPPORTED THIS IDEA QUITE STRONGLY.

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THEY ASKED ABOUT THE UK PROCEDURE FOR ACCEPTING THE FAMILY REUNION CASES. I EXPLAINED THAT IF THE FAMILY IN UK AGREED TO SPONSOR THEM AND THE REFUGEE IN HONG KONG AGREED TO GO TO UK, THEN NO (NO) OTHER CRITERIA THAN THE FAMILY RELATIONSHIP WOULD APPLY,

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WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE BADLY BEHAVED REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AND I EXPLAINED,

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THAT WE ALWAYS MADE THE BEHAVIOUR RECORDS OF REFUGEES AVAILABLE TO RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES (IN PARTICULAR THE US),

B) THE UNHCR FEQUENTLY DID NOT (NOT) MAKE THIS SORT OF

INFORMATION AVAILABLE, AND

C) WE WERE VERY KEEN TO RELATE BEHAVIOUR TO RESETTLEMENT

PROCESING (I CITED THE JVA SUCCESS WITH UTILITY CHARGES IN THE OPEN CENTRES).

THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A CONSIDERABLE RANGE OF INFORMATION WHICH USEFULLY COULD BE EXCHANGED. THERE IS ALSO SOME CONFUSION. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO CLARIFY MATTERS AT THIS LEVEL IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND I PROPOSE TO ATTEMPT TO DO THIS THROUGH THE USCG ON MY RETURN TO HONG KONG.

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