TNAG-1427-FCO40-1910-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-general-1986 — Page 64

DSR 11 (Revised

DRAFT:

FROM:

Mr Rent on

minute/letter/teleletter/despatch/note

7996

DEPARTMENT:

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION!

TO:

Mrs Marion Roe MP

Top Secret

Secret

House of Commons

Confidential

London SW1A OAA

Restricted

Unclassified

TEL. NO:

MKK 243/5

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

12 DEC 1985

PRIVACY MARKING

SUBJECT:

DESK OFFICER

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CAVEAT......

Ps/Mr Renton

Jeritan

Ms

Thank you for your letter of 3 December enclosing a

letter from your constituent,

Elizabeth Good rum of 134

Blindman Lane, Cheshunt, about the problem of the

refugees who are currently in Hong Kong

Vietnamese

awaiting resettlement;

and

the question of

the

availablity of British passports.

Enclosures-flag(s)...........

The latter question falls within the responsibility

of the Home Office.

I am therefore copying this

correspondence to David Waddington to enable him to

comment.

Hong Kong's

Vietnamese refugee problem is of great

conce rn to both Her Majesty's Government and the Hong

Kong Government

it

and we are making every effort to resolve

as quickly as possible. It may be helpful if I set

out the general background to the

current situation.