GPS 175
RESTRICTED
FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE MANILA
TELNO 41
OF 16075OZ DECEMBER 85
RESTRICTED
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INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, FCO
YOUR TELNO 24.
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BEYER SHOULD BE STRONGLY DISABUSED OF THE NOTION THAT HONG KONG
POLICE ENCOURAGE REFUGEES TO LEAVE HONG KONG AND TO CONT I NUE
THEIR JOURNEY. WE ARE JUSTIFIABLY PROUND OF OUR RECORD IN HONG KONG.
WE HAVE NEVER (NEVER) REFUSED ENTRY TO ANY REFUGEE WHO WISHED TO
LAND HERE.
2. SINCE 1982, WHEN WE INTRODUCED OUP CLOSED CENTRE POLICY, WE
HAVE ADVISED ALL NEW ARRIVALS OF THAT POLICY. A SIMPLE STATEMENT
IS READ TO THEM AND THEY ARE ASKED WHETHER THEY UNDERSTAND. THEY
ARE THEN ASKED TO DECIDE. THERE IS NO (NO) COERCION. PLEASE TELL
BEYER THAT WE DO NOT (NOT) 'SEND ON EX-CHINA REFUGEES'.
3. MIFT CONTAINS THE TEXT OF A LETTER SENT TO THE UNHCR HERE ON
THIS SUBJECT. YOU WILL SEE THAT WE FEEL THAT THE BEST APPROACH IS
FOR THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO DO AS WE DO AND SEND EX-CHINA CASES
BACK. THIS, WE THINK, WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
4. WOODHOUSE WOULD LIKE TO MEET PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS AND WE WOULD
BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ARRANGE A MEETING.
YOUDE
BOAT PEOPLE
LIMITED
SEAD
HKD
UND
FED
NEWS D
MAED
PS
PS/MR RENTON PS/PUS
MR GOODALL
SIR W HARDING
MR O'NEILL MR WILSON
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
RESTRICTED
THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED
MKK 243/5
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
17 DEC1935
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