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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2400
OF 23053OZ JUNE 88
INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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164651
MDLIAN 7389
OPY
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
AT LEAST ONE RECENTLY ARRIVED BOATLOAD OF VIETNAMESE REPORTEDLY
HEARD RADIO BROADCASTS FROM THAILAND ADVISING THEM OF HONG KONG'S
IMMIGRATION POLICY. THE REPORTS RELATE TO EARLY MAY AND THE PROGRAMME, KNOWN AS THE THAILAND FREEDOM ASIA BROADCAST'' CIN
OPENING OF NEW REFUGEE CAMPS IN HONG KONG
IN ORDER TO RESETTLE VRS, BUT THAT POLICY MIGHT CHANGE. THE TONE OF THE REPORT WAS APPARENTLY AMBIGUOUS, BUT MAY HAVE ENCOURAGED SOME BOAT PEOPLE TO HEAD FOR HONG KONG TO BEAT THE DEADLINE.
VIETNAMESE), SPOKE OF THE
2. NOW THAT THE NEW POLICY IS IN EFFECT GRATEFUL IF BANGKOK COULD BE ASKED TO BRIEF THE THAI RADIO STATION CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW
POLICY, STRESSING THAT BOAT PEOPLE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG AS ECONOMIC
MIGRANTS WILL BE TREATED AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND DETAINED WITHOUT
ACCESS TO RESETTLEMENT IN THIRD COUNTRIES PENDING REPATRIATION TO VIETNAM.
WILSON
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
128
ΜΑΙΝ
125
.VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK
SPD
LIMITED
FED
HKD
NEWS
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
WED
SED
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
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