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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA, BONN
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YOUR TELNO 456 AND TELECON MISS SLATER (HKD)/COX: VIETNAMESE BOAT
PEOPLE: EC DEMARCHE
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1. CHESNEL, HEAD OF QUAI SOUTH EAST ASIA DEPARTMENT, WITH WHOM, AS INSTRUCTED WE HAVE BEEN SEEKING TO CHECK PROGRESS, HAS JUST
TELEPHONED TO SAY THAT MARTIN HAD TOLD HIM THAT HE AND GILLMORE HAD
AGREED THAT THE UK REPEAT UK WOULD PROPOSE A NEW TEXT AND THAT THIS
WOULD NOT (NOT) INCLUDE ANY REFERENCE TO NON-VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION
OF BOAT PEOPLE. CHESNEL ADDED THAT THE FRENCH SAW DIFFICULTIES WITH
URGING THE VIETNAMESE TO STEM THE OUTFLOW OF BOAT PEOPLE: HE THOUGHT
THAT THE GERMANS, PERHAPS PARTLY FOR HISTORICAL REASONS, FELT THE SAME.
2. WHEN WE REMMINDED CHESNEL OF HONG KONG'S LONG STANDING APPROACH
TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA, HE ATTEMPTED TO ARGUE THAT THE PHYSICAL RISK TAKEN BY VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE MADE THEIR ACTION
QUALITATIVELY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS.
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