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AND DEPARTURES DOWN 50 PER CENT. QIAN SAID THAT THERE WERE SOME
270,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN THE PRC. SUME DID NOT WANT TO STAY THERE AND THE CHINESE HAD APPROACHED UNHCR FOR HELP IN RESETTLING
THEM ELSEWHERE. I SAID THAT WE HAD SEEN A NUMBER OF THESE
UNSETTLED VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG IN JULY. WE WERE
GRATEFUL FOR THE COOPERATION THE CHINESE HAD DHOWN IN STOPPING
THE OUTFLOW AND TAKING BACK QUICKLY THOSE WHO HAD ARRIVED.
4. I CONCLUDED BY REITERATING THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO RETAIN CLOSE
COOPERATION AND MUTUAL TRUST IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE STABILITY
AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG. I HAD BEEN VERY PLEASED BY THE SUPPORT
THE BANK OF CHINA HAD GIVEN TO THE LIFEBOAT OPERATION FOR THE
FUTURES EXCHANGE. HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE VERY SENSITIVE TO WHAT THE
CHINESE SAID ON POLITICAL ISSUES IN PARTICULAR. SENSITIVITY WAS REQUIRED, BUT I WAS SURE THAT THE TRANSITIUN COULD BE MANAGED SUCCESSFULLY IF WE MAINTAINED CLOSE CONTACT AND TRUST.
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