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FOLLOWING STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD
MIPT: PROPOSED VISIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES 1. I DO HOPE IT IS UNDERSTOOD IN HONG KONG TO WHAT EXTENT ISSUES BECOME INTERRELATED WHEN THEY ARE CONSIDERED HERE AT THE
HIGHEST LEVEL.
2.
THE DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT, THE GENERAL COMPENSATION SCHEME AND VIETNAMESE REFUGEES (AND FOR THAT MATTER A BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) MAY SEEM QUITE DISTINCT ISSUES WHEN VIEWED FROM HONG KONG.
SEEN AS INVOLVING SPECIAL PLEADING FOR HONG
BUT HERE ALL ARE
KONG. IT IS ALWAYS
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHO HAS TO TAKE THEM UP WITH HIS COLLEAGUES (IN VARIOUS PERMUTATIONS). AND THE ULTIMATE POWER OF DECISION ALWAYS RESTS IN THE SAME QUARTER.
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