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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
TELNO 959
OF 07150OZ JUNE 88
AND TO IMMEDIATE OTTAWA, CANBERRA, TOKYO
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG
954: IN
TOP COPY O DIST RKD 243/8
HUN:938
OUR TELNO 954: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: CHANGE OF POLICY
1. MINISTERS HAVE NOW (NOW) GIVEN THEIR AGREEMENT TO THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN POLICY. PLEASE TAKE URGENT ACTION TO BRIEF HOST GOVERNMENTS AT AN APPROPRIATELY HIGH LEVEL. YOU SHOULD USE THE SPEAKING NOTE IN MIFT.
2.
HONG KONG WILL BE TAKING PARALLEL ACTION WITH LOCAL CONSLATES-GENERAL ON 8 JUNE.
3.
''FOR WASHINGTON: WE HAVE SEEN HK INTEREST THE US POSITION IT RECORDS. THAT THE SPEAKING NOTE IN MIFT NEEDS
TELNO 2194 AND NOTED WITH
BUT WE DO NOT (NOT) THINK
AN REVISION TO TAKE ACCOUNT
OF HK TELNO 2194, AND YOU SHOULD NOW MAKE YOUR DEMARCHE TO STATE DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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