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Ms Barrett, Legal

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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE (VBP) AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT

ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (ICCPR)

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Mr Paul's submission of 25 March recommended that

Ministers authorise Hong Kong to amend their Immigration

38 ordinance to deal with recent and potential legal challenges

to their policy on Vietnamese Boat People.

PS/Lord Caithness' minute of 27 March asked for more work to

be done on the consequences of and alternatives to that

recommendation.

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We have now had a further exchange of telegrams/with the Governor (FCO telno 626 and Hong Kong telno 1025) and

our Legal Advisers have discussed the issue extensively with

the political and legal officers responsible in Hong Kong

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