GRS 180
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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 16090OZ FCO
TELNO 173
OF 16084OZ JANUARY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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YOUR TELNO 081 : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN CLOSED CAMPS.
WE UNDERSTAND FROM OUR LONDON OFFICE THAT LORD CHITNIS WILL BE
IN HONG KONG FROM 13 TO 22 FEBRUARY. WE ARE HAPPY TO SHOW HIM
AROUND OUP CLOSED CENTRES. WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. BUT WE HOPE THAT
HE WILL VISIT ALL (ALL) OF THE CLOSED CENTRES AND AT LEAST ONE OF
THE OPEN CENTRES. WE WILL DE HAPPY TO ARRANGE VISITS. HE CAN
SPEAK TO WHOEVER HE WISHES IN THE CLOSED CENTRES AND GO WHERE HE
PLEASES. WE AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD EMPHASISE THAT VISITS TO CLOSED
CENTRES ARE SUBJECT TO HKG'S PERMISSION.
2. WE WILL BRIEF LORD CHITNIS AND MS MEIKLE JOHN BEFORE THEY VISIT
THE CLOSED CENTRES AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THE IP PEACTIONS AND ANY COMMENTS THEY MIGHT HAVE AFTER THEIR VISITS.
3. WE ALREADY HAVE COPIES OF LADY YOUNG'S LETTERS TO LORDS
CHITNIS AND AVEBURY.
4. GRATEFUL TO KNOW FURTHER DETAILS OF THIS VISIT WHEN
AVAILABLE. WE WOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW HOW IMPARTIAL YOU THINK THESE VISITORS ARE LIKELY TO BE AND FOR FURTHER BACKGROUND ON BOTH.
YOUDE MINIMAL
HKD
COPIES TO". HKGO.