TNAG-1801-FCO40-2561-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-the-UK-1988 — Page 205

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FOLLOWING STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD

1.

MIPT: PROPOSED VISIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

I DO HOPE IT IS UNDERSTOOD IN HONG KONG TO WHAT EXTENT

ISSUES BECOME INTERRELATED WHEN THEY ARE CONSIDERED HERE AT THE

HIGHEST LEVEL.

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THE DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT, THE GENERAL COMPENSATION SCHEME

AND VIETNAMESE REFUGEES (AND FOR THAT MATTER A BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) MAY SEEM QUITE

DISTINCT ISSUES WHEN VIEWED FROM HONG KONG. BUT HERE ALL ARE SEEN AS INVOLVING SPECIAL PLEADING FOR HONG KONG. IT IS ALWAYS

THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHO HAS TO TAKE THEM UP WITH HIS COLLEAGUES (IN VARIOUS PERMUTATIONS). AND THE ULTIMATE POWER OF DECISION ALWAYS RESTS IN THE SAME QUARTER.

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