TNAG-1903-FCO40-2705-Hong-Kong-cabinet-meetings-on-Vietnamese-refugees-1990 — Page 8

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CABINET OFFICE

Mr Stone

70 Whitehall London SWIA 2AS Telephone 01-270 0050

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Mrs E M Walton

Department of the Environment

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Dead Mas Walton

24 November 1989

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

FOLLOW-UP TO OD MEETING ON 8 JUNE 1989

Further to my letter of 17 November, I am sorry to say that it is no longer possible to accommodate a paper on this subject on the agenda for the OD (K) meeting on 7 December. This will be a busy morning for the Prime Minister, with another Cabinet Committee meeting followed by Cabinet itself, in turn followed by OD(K), whose starting time has had to be postponed until 12 noon; and, given that the first item planned for the agenda of OD(K) is likely to require lengthy discussion, the prospects for reasonable discussion of your paper are not bright. The conclusion here is that it is best to take it off the agenda and either look for another meeting or as Richard Fries suggested the other day consider whether the problem can be put to bed in another way. will be in touch with you about this.

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JC Dodds Esq, HM Treasury Miss Rosalind Marsden, FCO RJ Fries Esq, Home Office D A Brereton Esq, DSS

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