DSR 11 (Revised)
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CMJ Segar
DEPARTMENT:
South-East Asian Department
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CAVEAT.
..In Confidence
S Spence Esq
Home Office
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Reference
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Copies to:
Mr Cambridge MVD
Mr Hoare HKGD
Mr Herdman WIAD
B Smith Esq
Shipping Policy Div. DOT
J Nicholson Esq Home Office/Q.A.G.
SHIP RESCUES: MV HUPEH, MV POYANG
1. We spoke recently about the suggestion from Hong Kong
that we should consider agreeing to receive those
Vietnamese asylum - seekers picked up by these ships, who
had not been resettled elsewhere.
2. I know you were kept informed at the time when these
rescued
boat-people were landed in Manila and Hong Kong,
but it may be useful for yourself and other addresses if
I run briefly over the history.
UK registered,
3.
the owned
Enclosures-flag(s)..........
The M.V. Hupeh, Hong Kong-registered, reached
Manila on 10 July 1980 with 115 Vietnamese rescued at
sea. To facilitate disembarcation we sought Hong
Kong's confirmation that we could issue on their behalf
a resettlement guarantee: ie that the Hong Kong government
would be responsible for resettling any refugees whom
the UNHCR could not resettle elsewhere. Hong Kong took
the line that while they would not wish to commit them-
selves to resettlement in Hong Kong they were
/prepared