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Geoffrey Pattie, MP

House of Commons,

London SW1A DAA

22, Burwood Park Road,

Walton on Thames,

Surrey KT12 SLJ

30th Sept. 1986

200

Dear Mr Pattie,

1

I.F.A.D.

We understand that

the International Fund for

to Sub-Sahara Africa,

the UK have not yet agreed to contribute to

the Agricultural Development, with special regards

Please will you URGE the Foreign Secretary

Sir Geoffrey Howe to direct far more of Britain's Aid to Africa and ensure that we join I.F.A.D's special Fund for Sub-Sahara Africa.

2.

We would also request that you Urge the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Mr Nigel Lawson, to put forward a proposal that the I.M.F. loans to the

poorest Sub-Sahara African Countries are at Subsidised interest rates, with

more time to be taken in the repaying of these loans.

3.

Boat People in Hong Kong.

How much longer is the British Government going to keep some 12,000 ex Vietnam Boat People shut up in cages in Hong Kong ?. Surely we

could bring some presure to bear on New Zealand and Australia, who have

the lowest population figures per square mile in the World, to take more of these unfortunate people.

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PA

LIKY

con faken

Yours sincerely

John

Collingwood

John Collingwood.