RESTRICTED
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HANOI
TELNO 114
OF 06114OZ MAY 88
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
139
RESTRICTED
TOP CO
Q DISTAN
Heng 243/8
67520
MDHAN 5449
OUR TELNO 1151 TO HÓNG KONG: CALL ON MCLAREN BY VIETNAMESE
AMBASSADOR
1.
MCLAREN CALLED IN THE VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR TODAY AND SPOKE WITH HIM ON THE LINES FORESHADOWED IN TUR. THE AMBASSADOR
PROMISED TO RELAY MCLAREN'S MESSAGE TO HIS GOVERNMENT, AND IN THAT CONTEXT ASKED FOR A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. MCLAREN UNDERTOOK TO PROVIDE HIM A COPY OF HIS SPEAKING NOTE, (TEXT IN MIFT).
2. THE AMBASSADOR ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD MAKE THE SAME
POINTS DIRECTLY IN HANOI. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF HMA HANOI
WOULD DO SO.
.
3. IN RESPONSE TO MCLAREN'S POINTS, THE AMBASSADOR SAID THAT HE PERSONALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG WAS SERIOUS HE WOULD TRY TO COMMUNICATE HMG'S CONCERN TO HIS AUTHORITIES. HE SAID IT WAS NOT VIETNAM'S POLICY TO MAKE THESE PEOPLE LEAVE VIETNAM. VIETNAM WANTED GOOD RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS. VIETNAM HAD GOOD RELATIONS WITH UNHCR. THE ODP HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH IT HAD BEEN HELD UP IN 1985. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT SOME PEOPLE COULD NOT ACCEPT THE HARDSHIPS OF LIFE IN
VIETNAM.
HOWE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
28
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
DISTRIBUTION
28
MR MCLAREN
NNNN
1
PAGE RESTRICTED