TNAG-1910-FCO40-2714-Financial-assistance-from-the-UK-Government-to-Vietnamese-re-1989 — Page 13

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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: HMG FINANCE FOR EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION

IN HONG KONG

1.

We need:

(a) to secure Treasury agreement to the reallocation of £4.25 million (which the Chief Secretary has already approved) to new projects identified by the Hong Kong Government;

(b) to resolve the fact that, although the sum approved by the Treasury was £4.25 million, the Governor was authorised by No 10 to announce a figure of £4.5 million.

Recommendation

.. 2.

I recommend that:

(a) the Secretary of State writes to the Chief Secretary on the lines of the attached draft;

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