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A C Galsworthy, HKD
DATE:
16 May 1985
PS/Mr Luce
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Private Secretary
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Sir W Harding
Dr Wilson
Mr Hartland Swann, SEAD
Mr Lever, UND
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: FUTURE POLICY
167
1.
The
policy
Secretary of State held a meeting on 10 May to consider
on Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong, in the light of the
A B C SCORRI report and of my submission of 18 April and accompanying
papers.
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2. The Private Secretary's minute of 10 May asks for a draft minute
from the Secretary of State to the Home Secretary embodying the
meeting's conclusions. I submit a draft.
3.
contained in the
this should be
Because much of the
the essential background is
paper which had earlier been prepared, I think that
sent with the Secretary of State's minute to the Home Secretary.
the Secretary of State suggested, I have slightly
paper♦ to remove
4.
any hostages to fortune
on repatriation.
As
doctored the
In the
The main proposal is on increased resettlement here.
minute I have stuck to the proposal of 500 a year. I and others did
mention at the meeting the possibility of an eventual compromise
whereby the Home Secretary,
addition to accepting the c 500
family reunion cases, also agreed to a commitment either to take "comparable numbers"
accept a certain "target" for future
to or
in
years, perhaps conditional on securing help from other resettlement These suggestions are reflected in Private Secretary's
countries.
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