28404
HKGOVT G
28880 HKGV
CH
TTTT
28404
HKGOVT G
28404
HKGOVT G
28404 HKGOVT G
MEMO-TELEX CH
28880 HKGV CH
ZSYNZ
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7 OCTOBER 1986
G770
CONFIDENTIAL
FOR DAVID JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY FROM KEN WOODHOUSE IN GENEVA
COPIED TO : DELIA WALKER, UKMIS GENEVA
UNHCR EXCOM SEEKERS
BEN TANG, HKG OFFICE LONDON (PLEASE PASS TO LEEKS AT FCO)
COMMITTEE ON DETENTION OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM
I SAT IN ON ONE OF THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN WHICH THE HMG LINE IS TO KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN. GIVE US MUCH TROUBLE BUT I WAS TOLD BY SOME OF THE OTHER
NOTHING THAT I HEARD WOULD REPRESENTATIVES WHOM I KNOW FROM LAST YEAR THAT THIS IS POINTED AT HONG KONG. THEY WERE SURPRISED THAT HMG WAS NOT (NOT) TAKING A MORE VIGOUROUS LINE. I MADE NO COMMENT.
2. AT THIS LATE STAGE IT IS IMPRACTICABLE AND, IN ANY EVENT,
TO MAKE CHANGES
THERE IS A FEELING AT UKMIS THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL COME UP WITH NOTHING.
3.
NEVERTHELESS WE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THIS SINCE
IT MIGHT RESULT IN A DIRECT ATTACK ON OUR CLOSED CENTRES. YOU WILL ALSO RECALL THAT THE HIGH COMMISSIONER WAS CRITICAL ABOUT OUR CLOSED CENTRES AFTER (AFTER) HE HAD LEFT HONG KONG, WHERE HE HAD BEEN MORE CIRCUMSPECT.
ENDS
JJJ
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28404 HKGOVT G
28880 HKGV CH
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