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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

Telephone 01-

1

-OCT 1986

£33-439h

2.3.3-

Your reference

612

R M Morris Esq

Immigration & Nationality Dept

Home Office

Lunar House

CROYDON

Shear Bob,

HONG KONG:

1.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

Our reference

HKK 243/11

Date

1 October 1986

We spoke today regarding briefing for the UK delegation to attend the UNHCR

in Geneva between 6 Executive Committee (EXCOM) in and 16 October. Our United Nations Department have been in close contact with Roy McDowall on the preparation of briefing for the delegation.

2.

One

aim important

of

delegation, our

this

as

year previously, will be to seek to mobilise assistance for Hong Kong both in the main EXCOM

in the margins. sessions and

with UNHCR delegation

problems Kong's Hong resettlement countries, they

to be pressed are certain

raise

or

When the the

main on what

more HMG propose to do in this regard. We can of course point to

of

commitment to take an our SCORRI the approaching fulfilment additional 500 from Hong Kong and some 60 from camps elsewhere: but I am sure we shall Se expected to go further would therefore be grateful

a for your advice on which the delegation might deploy in such circumstances.

3.

for

than this. I defensive line

to

review Home Office Ministers will naturally wish carefully following Mr Waddington's recent visit what more the UK resettlement can and should do in the way of permitting further

We understand that we here of Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong.

able therefore not be

to say anything definite until after may EXCOM has ended: but the more positive the "holding line" deploy, the better will be the prospects over the next few weeks for Hong Kong. If possible, we of persuading others to do more

sort of defensive line following should like to deploy the further UK resettlement:

course

"Remain very concerned about problem in Hong Kong.

of As part

commitment have of our SCORRI taken 40 per month from Hong Kong over past year, and now in process of accepting additional 60 from

in elsewhere camps commitment to

Recall SCORRI further

consider

numbers

from

Hong

Kong

SE Asia.

accepting

in

the

light

responses.

limited

of

Home

office Minister

responsible

for

refugees visited

Hong

21-28 Kong

September:

Ministers

now

circumstances and other countries'

we can

on

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