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INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI, HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, MANILA INFO SAVING CANBERRA, OTTAWA, TOKYO, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
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MY TELNO 382: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: UNHCR TALKS WITH VIETNAM
1. UNHCR TALKS WITH VIETNAM IN HANOI NOW POSTPONED UNTIL 20-23 JULY, AT HANOI'S REQUEST. GRATEFUL IF GUIDANCE REQUESTED IN PARA 2 OF TUR COULD NOW REACH US BY 131500Z.
2. VIEIRA DE MELLO WILL LEAD TEAM, AS PREVIOUSLY ENVISAGED, AND WILL BE ASSISTED BY BAYANDOR AND BARI (WHO WILL JOIN HIM FROM HONG KONG). BAYANDOR AND BARI WILL NOW PROBABLY STAY IN HONG KONG UNTIL 15 OR 16 JULY.
3. UNHCR ENVISAGE PRELIMINARY MEETING WITH ASEAN COUNTRIES AND HONG KONG IN BANGKOK ON 18 JULY, IN ADVANCE OF UNHCR VISIT TO HANOI AND ASEAN SPONSORED MEETING ON REFUGEES (TO WHICH HONG KONG HAS BEEN INVITED) IN BANGKOK ON 20 JULY. UNHCR INTEND TO DISCUSS WITH ASEAN COUNTRIES RECENT REFUGEE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION, SCREENING (PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA) AND PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REFUGEES IN 1989.
4. UNHCR TEAM WILL RETURN TO BANGKOK ON 23 JULY, WHERE THEY WILL BRIEF THAIS ON HANOI DISCUSSIONS, AND THEN TRAVEL TO KUALA LUMPUR FOR DISCUSSIONS ON 25/26 JULY, IN ADVANCE OF MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO HANOI FROM 10-14 AUGUST.
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