TNAG-1540-FCO40-2104-Further-resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-i-1986 — Page 110

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Secretary of State

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In Confidence

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

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1.

I understand that David Waddington is to visit

in part to see what

in the resettlement of Vietnamese

Hong Kong at the end of this month,

progress has been made

refugees there. Where our own resettlement programme is

concerned, your officials have told mine that we

nearing the end of the UK's current offtake of "SCORRI”

family

reunion

are now

cases

from Hong

Kong:

and that

your

officials have now notified the UK voluntary agencies to

cease putting Hong Kong cases

forward to

them and

to

begin submitting cases from camps elsewhere in South East

Asia.

2.

situation

for

himself

wish to David will wish I appreciate that

"on the

ground"

to see the

before putting

to

you on

a

new

offtake

recommendations

from the

territory, and I accept that you would prefer not to come

to any decisions on this until his return.

However I am

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