TNAG-1540-FCO40-2104-Further-resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-i-1986 — Page 7

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FM FCOLN TO HOKON

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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FOR JEAFFRESON FROM HUM, HKD

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

1.

WE HAVE SEEN MICHAEL CHUGANI'S REPORT IN THE 5 DECEMBER

ISSUE OF SCMP REPORTING THAT YOU ARE TO MEET MEMBERS OF LEGCO ON

17 DECEMBER TO DISCUSS THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM. YOU WILL

HAVE NOTED THAT CHUGANI'S ARTICLE CONTAINS SOME

MISREPRESENTATIONS OF HMG'S INTENTIONS AND THINKING ON THE

VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PU

THE RECORD STRAIGHT WHEN YOU MEET THE LEGCO GROUP.

2.

FIRST, HMG HAS, OF COURSE, NOT/NOT QUOTE REFUSED UNQUOTE

TO TAKE FURTHER LARGE NUMBERS OF VIETNAMESE FROM HONG KONG

UNQUOTE. AS YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT'S REPLY TO SCORRI IN SEPTEMBER 1985 INDICATED:

QUOTE HMG ARE PREPARED TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING, IN ADDITIO

TO THE FAMILY REUNION CASES, FURTHER LIMITED NUMBERS OF

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. A DECISION ON THIS

WILL BE TAKEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE WILLINGNESS SHOWN BY

OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO RESPOND TO HONG KONG'S

NEEDS AND OF ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE TIME UNQUOTE.

THE POSSIBILITY OF OUR ACCEPTING SUCH A FURTHER LIMITED NUMBER

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