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REQUESTED HKD 243/8
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1989
OF 28103OZ JULY 88
INDE
INFO PRIORITY SINGAPORE, MANILA, JAKARTA, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, TOKYO, PEKING INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK
576
29 JUL 1988
PA
MIPT : UNHCR MEETING IN BANGKOK
1. WE, AGREE (YOUR TELND 2798) THAT THIS WAS A USEFUL MEETING. IT WAS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL TO HAVE HAD CLEAR AGREEMENT FROM ALL PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING UNHCR, ABOUT THE NEED TO SECURE VIETNAM'S
ACCEPTANCE OF THE RETURN OF ALL THOSE SCREENED OUT AS NON-REFUGEES.
2. WE HAVE NOTED THE IMPORTANCE ASEAN REPRESENTATIVES ATTACH TO AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES. AS YOU KNOW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR DOUBTS ABOUT THE VALUE OF SUCH A CONFERENCE. BUT WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE LINE WHICH THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES TOOK.
3. WE HAVE ALSO NOTED THE DIFFERENCE OF VIEWS BETWEEN MOST ASEAN REPRESENTATIVES AND YOURSELVES ON THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF SCREENING. THE IMPORTANT THING, HOWEVER, IS THAT IT APPEARS TO BE GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE.
4. WE HAVE FOLLOWED WITH INTEREST YOUR EXCHANGE WITH HMA BANGKOK (BANGKOK TELNO 6 AND YOUR TELNO 12). IT IS CLEARLY RIGHT TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WTIH ASEAN ON ALL THIS BUT THIS NEED NOT PREVENT US FROM PURSUING OUR (AND YOUR) SPECIFIC HONG KONG OBJECTIVES.
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