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MDLIAN 9499
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HANOI
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 23
OF 240511Z MAY 88
INFO PRIORITY FCO
179
YOUR TELNO 1894 TO FCO: REPATRIATION
I HAVE NO STRONG VIEWS BUT HAVE A MARGINAL PREFERENCE FOR CONTINUING TO INVOLVE UNHCR. THEY CERTAINLY DO NO HARM AT PRESENT AND COULD BE VERY USEFUL IF BILATERAL RELATIONS BECOME
MORE DIFFICULT AT SOME STAGE.
Q DIST ?
2. I HAVE ASSUMED INCIDENTALLY THAT IN THE PAST UNWILLING ''REFUGEES'' WHO ARRIVE ON SEAWORHTHY VESSELS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED OR ENCOURAGED TO LEAVE VIRTUALLY IMMEDIATELY.
DAVIES
FCO PSE PASS TO HONG KONG
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
121
ΜΑΙΝ
118
.VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK
ECD (E)
LIMITED
SPD
HKD
FED
SEAD
NEWS
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
WED
SED
PUSD
E CD (I)
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
ADDITIONAL
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