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MDHIAN 3262
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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 14093OZ FCO
TELNO 2272
OF 140809Z JUNE 88
ни) 243/8.
INFO DESKBY 140930Z LUXEMBOURG
(a)
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Q DIST 7
YOUR TELNO 43 AND 44 TO LUXEMBOURG : VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
I AM CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT MESSAGE IN SECOND TUR. SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING MINOR POINTS :
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(A) PARA 1 I SUGGEST THAT THE MESSAGE SHOULD START WITH A REFERENCE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH OMELCO. THIS COULD BE DONE BY REPLACING THE FIRST TWO SENTENCES WITH SOMETHING ON THE LINES OF:
''ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ISSUES RAISED DURING MY MEETING WITH OMELCO ON 31 MAY WAS THE PROBLEM OF THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE. AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY MAIN OBJECTIVES DURING MY VISIT TO HONG KONG WAS TO ASSESS THIS PROBLEM AND I FOUND THE VIEWS PUT FORWARD BY OMELCO MEMBERS VERY HELPFUL IN THIS.''
(B) PARA 4. THIRD SENTENCE TO END
..
THE PROBLEM, INCLUDING
THE REPATRIATION OF ALL BOAT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GENUINE REFUGEES''
WILSON
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HKD
PS
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DISTRIBUTION
24
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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