HKK 24315. ник

LIVED A SPOOPY NG. $1 51 1 1 FEB 1983

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HOFO 043/11

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HONGAID

GPS 95

RESTRICTED

FM HONG KONG 110852Z FEB 83

Enter (Repatriation of VRS.) 9 by

2/4/2 Crest

HKGO

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NO DISTRIBUTION

THIS TELEGRAM

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

TELEGRAM NUMBER OF 11 FEBRUARY 1983

219 see attatched

FOR HELEN YU FROM LEEKS

N/R YOUR TELEX OF 8.2.83

BRC ASIA COMMITTEE AND JCRV MEETING

WAS MXX

ADVANCED

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HKGD

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(2)

20/2.

21/2

BY CELL

me.

25/2.

23/2

SEAD have seen. 7325/2

YOUR LINE AT BRC SEEMS ELOQUENT AND ACCURATE. THE ONLY ADDITIONAL POINT I CAN SUGGEST FOR JCRV IS A DEFENSIVE ONE: IF TAXED ON POSSIBLE INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION BY HONG KONG, YOU COULD INDICATE THAT WE WOULD NOT REPATRIATE INVOLUNTARILY THOSE WHO HAD BEEN OR WOULD BE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS UNDER UNHCR CONVENTION. BUT ALL VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WOULD BE RETURNED, AS IS THE POLICY FOR ILLEGALS FROM EVERYWHERE ELSE, INCLUDING CHINA.

YOUDE

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