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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.
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