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Mr B. D. Adams

United Kingdom Mission 37-39 rue de Vermont

1211 Geneva 20

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20 May 1985

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

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REGISTRY

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INDEX

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Action Taken

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Hong Kong: Vietnamese Refugees

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Thank you for sending me a copy of your letter of 8 May

to Clinton.

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Your letter crossed with mine of 7 May to Clinton, copied to you. I think that Cooper is correct in what he saw and heard, but I do not think that he saw and heard everything.

However, as I explained in my letter of 7 May, Caritas has urged the UNHCR to find a replacement and negotiations are continuing with IRC. Caritas has agreed to stay on until October, which, IRC advises, is the earliest date when it can begin.

I do not think that the Americans could be persuaded to withdraw, particularly since there is some guilt about what they feel they have done. They are continuing to press for a replacement, which, we hope, can be in place within six months.

As regards Kai Tak, the UNHCR has informed me that a meeting has been arranged with the Red Cross to find out if it will either change its mind or defer.

Hope that this is of help,

yours

(K. J. Woodhouse)

for Secretary for Security

cc Clinton Leeks, HKD,

HKD, FCO