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OUR TELNO: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.

1. THE SWEDES NOW TELL US THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED TO ACCEPT ABOUT

100 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG AS PART OF THEIR 1985/86

REFUGEE QUOTA.

2. A TEAM FROM THE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION EXPECT TO TRAVEL TO HONG KONG AT THE END OF THIS MONTH TO IDENTIFY SUNTABLE CANDIDATES AND THE

SWEDES HOPE THAT A CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION OF THOSE CHOSEN WILL BE

ABLE TO ARRIVE IN SWEDEN BEFORE THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR ON

30 JUNE.

3. WE HAVE NATURALLY TOLD THE SWEDES HOW PLEASED WE ARE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE DIFFICULT SITUATION IN HONG KONG.

PARSONS

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PS/MR RENTON SIR W HARDING MR WILSON

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HKGO, LONDON

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