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CONFIDENTIAL
FM SINGAPORE
TO DESKBY 06080OZ FCO
TELNO 390
OF 060715Z JULY 88
CONFIDENTIAL
HKD 243/8
1988
026223
MDHIAN 6166
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YOUR TELNO 1784 TO HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
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1 AS YOU KNOW, SINGAPORE ADMITS VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ONLY PROVIDED THAT GUARANTEES OF RESETTLEMENT ARE GIVEN IN ADVANCE.
THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT WILL, THEREFORE, HAVE NO DIRECT INTERST IN TALKS WITH VIETNAM ON THE POSSIBLE REPATRIATION OF ECONOMIC MIGRANTS FROM HONG KONG. WE WOULD, HOWEVER, EXPECT THEM TO APPRECIATE THE REASONS WHY OTHERS, INCLUDING BRITAIN AND HONG KONG, MIGHT WISH TO ENTER SUCH DISCUSSIONS.
2. THAT SAID, THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO RESIST ANY SUGGESTION OF OFFICIAL WESTERN AID TO VIETNAM AS
LONG AS THE LATTER'S MILITARY OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA GOES ON. THEY WOULD, THEREFORE, OPPOSE ANY OUTCOME WHICH APPEARED TO INVOLVE OR EVEN IMPLY VIETNAMESE AGREEMENT TO THE RETURN OF
BOAT PEOPLE IN EXCHANGE FOR WESTERN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.
PIKE
YYYY
MAIN
125
.VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
WED
SED
PUSD
DISTRIBUTION
128
SPD
FED
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
ECD (I)
ECD (E)