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FM HANOI
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 221
OF 17010OZ JUN 88
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK
MIFT
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY THE FOREIGNMINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN, RESPONDING TO A QUESTION ABOUT HONG KONG'S
CHANGE OF POLICY OVER VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, SAID THE BEST WAY
TO STOP THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL DEPARTURES WAS THROUGH A MORE EFFECTIVE
ODP. VIETNAM WAS KEEN TO DISCUSS WITH THE RECEIVING COUNTRIES HOW
TO SIMPLIFY PROCEDURES OF ORDERLY DEPARTURE TO MAKE THE
PROGRAMME LESS CUMBERSOME.
2. THE SPOKESWOMAN SAID THAT VIETNAM REMAINED WILLING TO CONSIDER
VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. MASS REPATRIATION
HOWEVER WAS NOT A REALISTIC PROPOSITION.
3. VIETNAM, SHE SAID, WAS ALWAYS READY TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS BY THE UNHCR OR OTHER CONCERNED COUNTRIES TO STEM THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL DEPARTURES.
PARTRIDGE
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ΜΑΙΝ
125
.VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
WED
DISTRIBUTION
128
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FED
NEWS
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