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MY SECOND IPT: OPERATION WATCHMAN: SPEAKING NOTES
1. B: ASEAN COUNTREIS (ACTION DATE 14 JUNE)
2. (I)
INTRODUCTORY POINTS:
(A) AS IN MIPT
(B) AS IN MIPT
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(C) AS IN MIPT
(D) HONG KONG IS SMALL AND OVERCROWDED. RESOURCES NOW
STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT. LOCAL PRESSURE FOR A CHANGE IS MOUNTING
AND CANNOT BE IGNORED. PARTICULAR SENSITIVITY AMONG ETHNIC CHINESE WHO COMPARE THE TREATMENT OF CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
WHO ARE ALL REPATRIATED.
(E) AS IN MIPT
(II) NEW POLICY:
(A) AS IN MIPT
(B) AS IN MIPT
(C) WILL KEEP IN TOUCH ON EFFECTS OF NEW POLICY. REALISE
HONG KONG SHARES A PROBLEM COMMON TO ALMOST ALL ASEAN STATES.
(III) REQUESTS:
(A) SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG'S POSITION IN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE
CHANGED POLICY.
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(B) CONTINUED EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT A CHANGE OF VIETNAMESE POLICY CAUSE OF OUR COMMON PROBLEM AND IN PARTICULAR TO
PERSUADE THEM TO ACCEPT THE REPATRIATION OF NON-REFUGEES.
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