TNAG-1529-FCO40-2093-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-general-1986 — Page 40

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CONFIDENTIAL

Our Secretary of

State will soon be approaching yours to ask

5.

that

should

present

UK offtake

continue

at

same

(agreed

level

to

"SCORRI" report)

for the time

in

response (about 40 per month) locus in discussions we plan with other Hope you will do what resettlement countries about further action.

being.

you can

some Would give us

can to help, and that Mr Waddington will look sympathetically at Thereafter I hope you will be able problem on his Hong Kong visit.

to support our recommendation for a new resettlement programme.

Defensive

6.

(Other solutions? Resettlement cannot continue indefinitely.) Recognise need

need to explore other solutions.

and main resettlement "economic migrant" problem

countries

Are approaching UNHCR

joint

possible.

Realistically speaking, cannot offer prospect of progress other than

to

from

if see

Indochina

solution

is

to

in medium or long term.

But will pursue as

far and

as fast

as

we

can.

CONFIDENTIAL

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