CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK
TELNO 409
OF 24010OZ AUGUST 88
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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MDHOAN 2983
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2 5 AUG 1988
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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR
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OUR TELNOS 2172 AND 2173 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO 3136:
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG
1. THIRD TUR: WE AGREE WITH HONG KONG'S PROPOSED AMENDMENT, SUBJECT TO THE DELETION OF QUOTE IN THE SAME WAY THAT HONG KONG RETURNS CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS UNQUOTE, WHICH WE THINK DOES
NOT ADD ANYTHING IN THIS CONTEXT.
SUBJECT TO THIS AMENDMENT, PLEASE NOW FINALISE THE NON-PAPER
IN SECOND TUR TO PASS TO THE THAIS.
2.
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