CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 04090OZ FCO
TELNO 3687
OF 04080OZ OCTOBER 88
INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
855
CONFIDENTIAL
MKD 243/8
TOP CO
3 COPY
·SOCTI
oms
856
857
161147 MDHIAN 6183
VIETNAMESE BOAT
YOUR TELNO 2570 AND WASHINGTON TELNO 2384 TO YOU :
PEOPLE IN HONG KONG : IRAC VISIT : LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER
WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE LINE TAKEN BY HMA WASHINGTON IN
SECOND TUR.
2. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE US CONSULATE HERE, MS DILLER VISITED ALL THE DETENTION CENTRES FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND THE SAN
YICK AND SHAM SHUI PO CLOSED CENTRES FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. SHE WAS BRIEFED ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND BOAT PEOPLE MATTERS GENERALLY, AND IN PARTICULAR THE UNDERSTANDING REACHED WITH UNHCR AND THE SCREENING PROCEDURE.
3. AS TO IRAC'S REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO SCREENING INTERVIEWS, OUR VIET REMAINS THAT WE DO NOT WISH TO ACCEDE TO THE REQUEST. HAVING ESTABLISHED A CLEAR MONITORING AND VALIDATING ROLE FOR UNHCR IN THE DETERMINATION PROCEDURE, WE DO NOT SEE A CASE FOR ALLOWING OTHERS IN ON THE ACT.
WILSON
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
116
ΜΑΙΝ
112
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
FED
LIMITED
NAD
HKD
NEWS
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUS D
ECD (I)
PAGE
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
1
CONFIDENTIAL