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YOUR TELNOS 441/442: DEMARCHE BY THE TWELVE ON VIETNAMESE BOAT
PEOPLE.
1. WE NATURALLY STRONGLY AGREE THAT THE GERMANS AND DANES SHOULD
BE PRESSED TO AGREE THAT THE DEMARCHE SHOULD NOT (NOT) REFER ONLY
TO VOLUNTARY RETURNEES. MAY WE SUGGEST AN ADDITIONAL POINT TO THOSE
IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF FIRST TUR AS FOLLOWS:
(D) A HMG/HK TEAM OF OFFICIALS WILL BE IN HANOI FROM 3-5 AUGUST. THEY
WILL BE SEEKING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR REPATRIATION OF
ALL THOSE SCREENED OUT AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THE BRITISH POSITION IN
THE TALKS WOULD BE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY AN EC DEMARCHE WHICH ONLY
REFERRED TO VOLUNTARY RETURNS.
(E) VOLUNTARY RETURNS WOULD ONLY SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF THE PROBLEM WE HAVE SO FAR IDENTIFIED ONLY 18 POTENTIAL CANDIDATES, INCLUDING ALL ARRIVALS BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER 16 JUNE 1988.
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