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FM BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 196
OF 150125Z JUNE 88
F CO TELNO 132 TO ATHENS
HUD 243/8
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: CHANGE OF POLICY
1.
ACTION TAKEN WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY IN THE MFA.
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2. DATO LIM WAS SYMPATHETIC. HE SAID THAT FOLLOWING DISCUSSION
AT DUSSELDORF AN ASEAN WORKING GROUP ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES
HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED. IT HAD BEGUN ITS WORK AND WOULD REPORT TO
THE NEXT EC ASEAN MEETING ON 8/9 JUL Y THE WORKING GROUP BELIEVED
THAT ACTION NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO INFLUENCE VIETNAMESE POLICIES
SINCE VIETNAM WAS THE SOURCE OF THE REFUGEES. HE BELIEVED THE
WORKING GROUP WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ASEAN SHOULD PUT PRESSURE ON
VIETNAM IN GENERAL AND IN THE PARTICULAR CONTEXT OF THE INTER-
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES.
WESTBROOK
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
57
ΜΑΙΝ
57
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
NEWS DEPT
LEGAL ADVISERS
PS
PS/MR CHALKER
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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