TNAG-1794-FCO40-2554-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 98

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DATE: 11 July 1988

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MP'S LETTER: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG

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A letter from Mr Michael Latham MP about Vietnamese boat people.

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2. I recommend that Lord Glenarthur reply on the lines of the

attached draft. The Home Office agree.

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3. The reply is on generally standard lines. Where private sponsorship of Vietnamese refugees is concerned, Lord Glenarthur will recall that this is one of the options in the resettlement

package put to the Home Office recently. The Home Office have not yet taken a final view, but are content for the draft to keep open the possibility of a change of policy.

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