TNAG-1427-FCO40-1910-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-general-1986 — Page 144

World Conference of Religions for Peace

United Kingdom and Ireland Group

Affiliated to the World Congress of Faiths

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Chairman:

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Canon Gordon Wilson (WPWP)

Centre for International PeacebuildinECEIVED IN HEGISTRY

Telephone:

01.7902424.

Vice-Chairman:

Wickham House

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Professor Harminder Singh

132 Eastcote Avenue, Greenford, Middlesex

Telephone: 01-903 7143

Mess 0. Walker,

Hong Kong Department.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

King Charles Street.

London

SW1A 2AH,

Dear Mrs Walker,

Secretary and Assistant Treasurer:

Miss Hannah Stanton

Treasurer:

30 Burtons Road Hampton Hill

Middx, TW12 1DA 01-943 1336

Ronald Gandy Esq.

Braemar, 4 Roughwood Close, Watford, Herts Telephone: Watford 24215

October 16th 1985.

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Thank you for your letter of September 2nd about the Vietnamese

refugees who are in Hong Kong awaiting resettlement. I brought this before the Executive Committee of this organisation at its last meeting.

We understand the difficulty of resettlement;

I was asked,

however, to raise with you the point of the possibility of negociation with other

countries. Why is not the United Kingdon allowing a proportion of the refugees into this country? Are not other countries waiting to see what the UK will do?

Might not other countries, particularly possibly Commonwealth countries, expecting the UK to give a lead on this? Is this already under discussion with

the UNHCR? And I am sure that it is on the agenda at the Commonweal th

Conference in Nassau,

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Rev. Jack Austin, Buddhist

Rabbi Albert Friedlander, Jewish

Mrs D. Adamson, Baha'i

Executive Committee:

Dr Mary Hall.

Mr Bindu Konnur,

Christian

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Rev. Jonathan Blake. Youth.

A. S. Chhatwal Esq, Sikh

Dr Syed Pasha, Muslim

Mr Pankaj Vora. Jain.