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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PAUL, HKD

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: STATEMENT TO EXCO

THE PRIME MINISTER AND SECRETARY OF STATE HAVE AUTHORISED A STATEMENT WHICH CAN BE READ OUT TO EXCO AT THEIR MEETING ON 6 JUNE. SEE MIFT.

2. YOU WILL SEE THAT MINISTERS HAVE AGREED TO ALLOCATE UP TO PDS STG 4 MILLION FOR THE LEI YUE MUN CONVERSION PROJECT (YOUR TELNO 1772). GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ENSURE THAT THIS IS GIVEN AS MUCH PUBLICITY AS POSSIBLE.

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