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FM HONG KONG 1409392 JUN 79
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TEL NO.790 OF 14 JUNE,
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INFO PRIORITY: JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR,
ROUTINE : MANILA, BANGKOK, SINGAPORE, UKMIS GENEVA,
WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, HANOI, H.K GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
OUR TELNO.783 : CHANGES OF POLICY IN MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA : EFFECTS ON HONG KONG.
1. SO AS BETTER TO ASSESS POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS HERE, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THE VIEWS OF KUALA LUMPUR AND JAKARTA ON THE LIKELY DETERMINATION AND STRICTNESS WITH WHICH NEWLY ANNOUNCED POLICY OF REFUSING ASYLUM IN THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL BE APPLIED. WE WONDER, FOR EXAMPLE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE REFUGEE BOATS MAKE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO LAND AT VARIOUS POINTS ALONG THE COAST. AND, IF THEY ARE FINALLY PUSHED OUT, WHAT IN THE OPINION OF THE AUTHORITIES, WILL THE REFUGEES THEN DO ?
2. THE MORE STRICTLY THE POLICY IS ENFORCED THE GREATER WILL BE THE INCENTIVE TO HEAD EITHER IN OUR DIRECTION OR THAT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW THE POSSIBLE REACTIONS OF THE AUTHORITIES THERE.
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(REPETITION TO HANOI REFERRED FOR DEPARTMENTAL DECISION, REPEATED AS
REQUESTED TO OTHER FOSTS]
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HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON
MR.WCCDFIELD
MR. BURLEIGH
MR.HILLARY MR. BIRT
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