RE
TK 243/.11
15 DEC 1986
OFFICER
РА
REGISTRY Action Taken
Ameri
180.
OCMIAN 5494
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OO HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
121145Z DEC
GRS 723
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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 2868
OF 121145Z DECEMBER 86
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA
76
TOP COY Q DIST ?
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5494 - 1
FOR JEAFFRESON FROM HUM, HKD
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1.
WE HAVE SEEN MICHAEL CHUGANI'S REPORT IN THE 5 DECEMBER
ISSUE OF SCMP REPORTING THAT YOU ARE TO MEET MEMBERS OF LEGCO ON
17 DECEMBER TO DISCUSS THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM. YOU WILL
HAVE NOTED THAT CHUGANI'S ARTICLE CONTAINS SOME
MISREPRESENTATIONS OF HMG'S INTENTIONS AND THINKING ON THE
VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PU
THE RECORD STRAIGHT WHEN YOU MEET THE LEGCO GROUP.
2.
FIRST, HMG HAS, OF COURSE, NOT/NOT QUOTE REFUSED UNQUOTE
TO TAKE FURTHER LARGE NUMBERS OF VIETNAMESE FROM HONG KONG
UNQUOTE. AS YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT'S REPLY TO SCORRI IN SEPTEMBER 1985 INDICATED:
QUOTE HMG ARE PREPARED TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING, IN ADDITIO
TO THE FAMILY REUNION CASES, FURTHER LIMITED NUMBERS OF
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. A DECISION ON THIS
WILL BE TAKEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE WILLINGNESS SHOWN BY
OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO RESPOND TO HONG KONG'S
NEEDS AND OF ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE TIME UNQUOTE.
THE POSSIBILITY OF OUR ACCEPTING SUCH A FURTHER LIMITED NUMBER
1
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