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FM FCO
TO
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1679
OF 271445Z JUNE 88
AND TO DESKBY 280800Z UKMIS GENEVA
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON
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176754
MDHOAN 9211
HKD 2438
1988
C
YOUR TELNO 2240 AND UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 350: VIETNAMESE BOART
PEOPLE.
1.
AS YOU WILL NOW HAVE SEEN FROM UKMIS GENEVA TUR, HOCKE IS SENDING TWO UNHCR OFFICIALS TO LONDON FOR TALKS ON 29 JUNE.
SUBJECT TO ANY VIEWS YOU OR UKMIS GENEVA MAY HAVE, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESS UNHCR AS SUGGESTED IN PARA 6 OF YOUR TELNO 2363. WE WOULD THEN INSTRUCT UKMIS GENEVA
TO FOLLOW UP AS NECESSARY.
2.
IT WOULD IN ANY CASE BE HELPFUL TO HAVE UKMIS'S ASSESSMENT, DESKBY 2815UUZ OF THE LIKELY REASONS FOR THE DELAY IN FOLLOWING
UP HONG KONG'S INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCREENING
PROCEDURE. WE ASSUME THAT SOMETHING MORE THAN BUREAUCRATIC
SLOWNESS MAY BE INVOLVED.IS IT POSSIBLE THAT UNHCR MIGHT DECLINE
(INITIALLY AT LEAST) TO PARTICIPATE/COOPERATE IN SCREENING? IT
WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO KNOW FROM HONG KONG AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND IN ANY EVENT DESKBY 29083UZ WHETHER IT IS INTENDED TO BEGIN
SCREENING ON 28/29 JUNE WITH OR WITHOUT
UNHCR PARTICIPATION OR A FORMAL RESPONSE TO THE INVITATION TO
PARTICIPATE.
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