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TELELETTER
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FILE REFERENCE:
C.E. LEEKS, SECURITY BRANCH, HONG KONG
SCR 3/4821/80 DATED 10 FEBRUARY 1983
FOLLOWING FOR: C.M.J. SEGAR ESQ, SEAD, FCO
COPIED TO: R.J.F HOARE ESQ, HKGD, FCO
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MRS. HELEN YU, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON
UKMIS GENEVA
HANOI
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: ODP
ORDERLY DEPARTURE PROGRAMME
1. SINCE NOVEMBER 1982 WE HAVE BEEN ASKING NEW ARRIVALS IF THEY KNOW ABOUT OR HAVE EVER APPLIED FOR ODP IN VIETNAM. THE RESULTS ARE DEPRESSING BUT INTERESTING:
(A) OUT OF 13 BOATS WITH 538 VRS ABOARD, 303 CLAIMED TO HAVE ANY
''OVERSEAS CONNECTIONS'',
(B) OF THESE 303, 76 KNEW ABOUT ODP,
(C) OF THESE 76, 5 HAD APPLIED FOR ODP, AND
(D) OF THESE 5, NONE HAD AWAITED THE RESULT.
2. REASONS GIVEN FOR NOT APPLYING WERE:
(A) PROCEDURE TOO COMPLICATED:
(B) NEED ''CLEAN'' POLITICAL AND PERSONAL RECORD:
(C) NEED TO BE OUTSIDE CONSCRIPTION AGE:
(D) GENERAL BELIEF THAT IT IS EASIER TO DEPART ILLEGALLY:
(E) BELIEF THAT ONLY CHINESE MAY APPLY:
(F) AWAIT RESULT FOR 2 OR 3 YEARS: AND
(G) APPLICANT MUST LIST ALL FAMILY PROPERTY AND PROMISE TO
DONATE ALL TO GOVERNMENT IF APPROVED.
3. AS A FOOTNOTE, ONLY ONE OF THESE 13 BOATS CAME FROM SOUTH VIETNAM - OUR ONLY RECENT ''SHIP CASE, THE CHEVALIER VALBELLE. 3 OF THE 5 ODP APPLICANTS WERE ON THIS SHIP.
4. WHATEVER ELSE WE CONCLUDE, ODP DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE MADE AND
IMPACT ON OUR VR PROBLEMS, EXCEPT BY ITS ABSENCE.
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SIGNED: C.E. LEEKS