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spirit of recommendation. Difficulty lies in defining "significant numbers".

Section 4(5) should be used far more generously in future. Home Office should so announce:

Will be acceptable.

War widows should be given assurances of guaranteed settlement in UK if needed:

Matter for Home Office. But unlikely to be a problem.

Emnic

minonhei

Periods of tertiary study to count towards residence requirement for citizenship:

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Not possible at present. Home Office not disposed to contemplate changes. Need to encourage Home Office to be more flexible.

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE

Faced with decline in resettlement offtake and increase in arrivals, Hong Kong Government were right to introduce screening:

Agreed.

Accept logic that those screened out should be repatriated. low number of volunteers, mandatory repatriation is only

alternative:

Given

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Agreed.

HMG should make clear to the US that, if they oppose forced repatriation they should either resettle the boat people, or accept responsibility for their accommodation pending repatriation:

- We have pressed the US hard on the illogicality of their approach and its inconsistent application (vide Haitians, Central Americans).

We will continue to do so.