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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR.
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG
GISTRY
22 AUG 1988
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1. THE THAI MFA HAVE ASKED IF WE CAN PROVIDE THEM BY THE END
OF THIS WEEK WITH WRITTEN BRIEFING ON HONG KONG'S RECENT TALKS
IN HANOI FOR USE AT THE ASEAN SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING TO BE
HELD AT PERMANENT SECRETARY LEVEL IN BRUNEI FROM 2 TO 3 SEP-
TEMBER. IDEALLY THEY WOULD LIKE A FORMAL STATEMENT OF HMG'S
POSITION, BUT THEY WOULD BE CONTENT WITH A SHORT UNATTRIBUTABLE ''NON-PAPER''. DE MELLO HAS APPARENTLY PROVIDED A STATEMENTS OF UNHCR'S POSITION IN 'NON-PAPER' FORM.
2. THE THAIS ALREADY HAVE REPORTS OF A NUMBER OF ORAL BRIEF- INGS GIVEN HERE, HANOI, AND IN HONG KONG, BUT WOULD LIKE SOME- THING MORE DEFINITIVE TO USE IN THEIR ROLE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
ASEAN WORKING GROUP AS REFUGEES. WE WOULD SEE ADVANTAGE IN
BEING AS HELPFUL AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO SECURE ASEAN UNDER- STANDING OF OUR POSITION AS IT DEVELOPS. GRATEFUL FOR EARLY REPLY.
CCN PARA2. LINE 4. READ ON REFUGEES..ETC
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