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CORRESPONDENTS IN ADDITION TO PRESS CONFERENCE:
B)
RTHK VIDEO (UNDER PREPARATION)
WITH KEY CONTACT BY HKG OFFICES:
FOR USE ON A SELECTIVE BASIS
7.
C) ALL HKG OFFICES WILL BE PROVIDES WITH DETAILED BRIEFING
NOTES AND Q/A BRIEF FOR DEALING WITH CONTACTS/MEDIA QUERIES: AND
D) ALL OUTGOING SPEAKERS ON THE OVERSEAS SPEAKERS PROGRAMME WILL
BE GIVEN A SPECIAL BRIEF TO EXPLAIN THE POLICY.
WE WILL SEEK TO STRESS OVERSEAS THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS :
A)
THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM IS IN VIETNAM WHICH MUST BE
PRESSURED TO STOP DISORDERLY DEPARTURES AND TO ACCEPT THE
RETURN OF ITS CITIZENS:
B) HONG KONG DOES NOT SUPPORT PUSH OFFS:
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RESETTLEMENT MUST CONTINUE FOR THOSE VRS ALREADY IN HK AND
FOR THOSE LATER SCREENED IN:
D) OVER TIME, IT IS INTENDED FURTHER TO IMPROVE AND GRADUALLY TO LIBERALISE CONDITIONS FOR THOSE IN EXISTING CLOSED CAMPS:
E) SCREENED OUT IIS WILL BE DETAINED UNDER HUMANE CONDITIONS
PENDING REPATRIATION:
F) THE NEW POLICY IS ACCEPTED BY UNHCR AND MAJOR RESETTLEMENT
COUNTRIES (IF THEY AGREE): AND
G)
LATER: LOCAL RESETTLEMENT MAY BE EXPANDED BUT IS NOT A
REPLACEMENT FOR RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS.
ANNEX D
DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN
THE DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN CAN BE DIVIDED INTO FIVE PARTS. THE
DIFFERENCES WILL BE OF TIMING AND EMPHASIS IN THE MESSAGE THAT IS PUT ACROSS.
A) THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP CONSISTS OF THE USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN: THEY ARE ICG MEMBERS AND THE MAJOR