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anti-immgrant propaganda. The police announced they would be stepping up protection locally. The immigration authorities, for the umpteenth time, have announced measures to speed up processing.

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All this adds up to a 5.

be worrying situation unless it can curbed. Fire-raising has always had a special attraction in

in Swedish waters in Sweden and the tragic fires on ferries recent times have put it

There in the public eye. may be a copycat element in the fires at refugee centres and elsewhere in recent weeks. But they also reflect the way in which public distrust of the refugees from the Middle East is now being more openly expressed by the less sophisticated. There is a serious risk of physical injury before long.

6. I have written at length not merely because of the difficulties all this presents for the Swedish Government as the refugees continue to stream in, but also because you should know that this is the background against which it is necessary to view our own efforts to persuade the Swedes to accept more Vietnamese boat people for resettlement.

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Yours

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M Bradfield

(Mrs)

First Secretary Chancery

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