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FM UKMIS GENEVA
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 764
OF 301328Z DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, HANOI
INFO ROUTINE KUALA LUMPUR, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, TOKYO
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YOUR TELNO 563 TO BANGKOK: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: DRAFTING GROUP
1. AS AGREED WITH SEAD, WE NOTIFIED UNHCR THAT UK WOULD BE REPRESENTED AT DRAFTING GROUP MEETING IN BANGKOK ON 4-6 JANUARY.
2. WE EMPHASISED THAT THE TIMING WAS NOT CONVENIENT FOR ATTENDANCE FROM LONDON. WE WOULD BE REPRESENTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR EMBASSY IN BANGKOK AND POSSIBLY PARTRIDGE FROM HANOI. UNHCR WAS GRATEFUL FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING. THEY TOO CONSIDERED THAT ASEAN WAS TRYING TO RUSH ITS FENCES, BUT THEY WERE ANXIOUS TO COUNTERACT POSSIBLE ADVERSE DECISIONS BY THE MALAYSIANS FOLLOWING THE LARGE INFLUX OF VBPS IN DECEMBER.
3. VIEIRA DE MELLO WILL ATTEND DRAFTING GROUP. HE PLANS TO ARRIVE IN
BANGKOK ON MORNING OF 4 JANUARY.
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.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
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PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
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