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29 JUN 1998
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Hong Kong Department 28 June 1988 ₹2
PS/Lord Glenarthur
Mr Gillm
Mr McLaren
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Private Secretary
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SEAD
Mrs Wyeth, ODA
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: LETTER FROM THE SAVE THE
CHILDREN FUND
Problem
A 1.
A letter dated 17 June to the Secretary of State from
Mr Nicholas Hinton, Director General of the Save the Children Fund
about Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong.
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that the Secretary of State replies on the lines
of the attached draft. SEAD and the ODA concur. The Hong Kong Government have been consulted. The Home Office concur.
Background
3.
Mr Hinton's letter covers the three points which he raised
when he saw the Secretary of State on 19 May:
(a) aid to non government agencies working in Vietnam: the Hong Kong Government support his idea. But our policy remains that giving no aid to Vietnam as long as their troops are in Cambodia. Aid to voluntary agencies is
covered by this. The draft follows the standard line on this point:
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