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My guess is that France may take another trickle of Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong in 1988. After the Presidential elections, you may wish to consider whether the Secretary of State should be invited to consider making an early approach to the new French Foreign Minister.

Yours ever,

Nigel.

CC:

N J Cox

WED, FCO

Miss S Wu, HKGO Brussels

Secretary for Security, Hong Kong

DPA, Hong Kong

UKMis Geneva

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