TNAG-1427-FCO40-1910-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-general-1986 — Page 109

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Yunite number of 500.

7/11/25

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These would be accepted Immediately,

to the speed with which the fiome Defire could process them

subject

and

7

1.M already had relatives

priora by would be given to those who

However,

When pressed as to whether the 500 really was

A

finite number, me. Kenton said?

ACTUALITY S

18 an open question;

frankly, There isn't a specific number more, but we haven't equally slammed the door on the 149a of not taking any more.

Br. Kenton puɔmbed out that Britain had already taken 17,000

refugees, of van 12,

000 Ca42 From Hong Kong.

He

regretted that the

journalists

an Hong Kong chose to see the problem

purely in Hong Kong beras, forgetting that It had much wider

implications,

WAT=1 Mr.

Kenton was

In toe far hasta

there

were newspaper

reports

that deIDATA nad decided

Sołt to give

loans to Indonesia and

The

Chang

clear departure from the previous british podsey,

MEILISH Government looks

foreign buyers at the Brati

Sort

taxpayers

$ form of hidden subsidy to

expense,

When asked about

the change, Mr. Renton said that many Western manufacturing

countries would much rather that soft

Joans did not exist and that

$

on the basis of real competition »

Companies should compere But the Minister went on to say that Bratean has had to accept the

realaby of current world trading practices,

and in order to help

Reitash businessmen Win thear share of orders has accepted that it

WILL RAve to offer soft Loans or

lose out to other countries,

to Chзha,

Wote Mr. Kenton began by talking about soft loans

where he said APIGA UN Was very keen to get a greater share of the

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