TNAG-1801-FCO40-2561-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-the-UK-1988 — Page 10

Mrs BH Fair Home Office

Queen Anne's Gate London SW1H 9AT

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

1 September 1988

MKD243/12

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Den No Fair,

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND THE ODP

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Thank you for your letter of 23 August. I have discussed it with my colleague, David Colvin, who has now succeeded Christian Adams as the Head of our South-East Asian Department.

2. In the first instance I think action lies with him. He is considering what steps might be taken to improve the advance notification of arrivals from Vietnam under the ODP, and how the flow might be better controlled. Once we have more information on these points I think it would be helpful if we were to meet, as you suggested, to consider the wider implications for the reception of Vietnamese from camps in Hong Kong. I shall contact you again as soon as I can.

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DH Colvin Esq, SEAD

T Flesher Esq,

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