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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2200
OF O9O81OZ JULY 86
UNFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK
UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 381: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
PARA 3 OF TUR AGAIN RAISES THE POSSIBILITY OF CLASSIFYING ARRIVALS
FROM VIETNAM AS ECONOMIC MIGRANTS OR AS GENUINE REFUGEES. FOR THE
REASONS EXPLAINED BRIEFLY HN PARA 3 OF OUR TELNO 1346, WE DO NOT
(NOT) SUPPORT SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT UNLESS IT HAS BEEN PRECEDED BY
APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURNING THE ECONOMIC MIGRANTS TO
WIETNAM. WE IMAGINE THAT OTHER PLACES OF FIRST ASYLUM WOULD HAVE THE
SAME VIEW.
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2. WOULD IT BE WORTHWHILE FOR UKMHS TO TRY AND FEED IN THIS IDEA AT
THE WORKING LEVEL BEFORE UNHCR'S DEAS BECOME TOO FARM?
YOUDE
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
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WILSON
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