TNAG-1908-FCO40-2712-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-voluntary-and-mandatory-repat-1989 — Page 71

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MAJORITY. IF WE CANNOT UNDERTAKE THIS EXERCISE WITHOUT AN OVERWHELMING SHOW OF FORCE ON THE AIRCRAFT, THEN I BELIEVE WE MUST THINK AGAIN, UNPALATABLE AS THAT MAY BE. IT MUST SURELY BE POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE OUT OF THE THOUSANDS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WHOLE SCREENING PROCESS FIFTY OR SO WHO CAN REASONABLY BE SAID TO FIT THE DESCRIPTION ''GREY-AREA'' ?

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