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WE SHALL KEEP YOU ABREAST OF PROGRESS. WE DO NOT FEEL IT

FOLLOWS FROM THE ADIMTTEDLY BLEAK PROGNOSIS IN TUR THAT AN

APPROACH TO THE VIETNAMESE, AS OPPOSED TO THE ACTION AT (B)

ABOVE, IS THE ONLY VIABLE OPTION. IN APPROVING OUR

RECOMMENDATIONS MINISTERS AGAIN EMPHASISED THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH

THEY SAW IN A UNILATERAL APPROACH TO THE VIETNAMESE. BUT IN

PURSUING THE COURSE APPROVED BY MINISTERS, WE SHALL KEEP VERY

MUCH IN MIND YOUR CONCERNS FOR HONG KONG'S RESETTLEMENT PROSPECTS

IN 1987 AS SET OUT IN PARA 6 OF TUR

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