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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG
(970)
YOUR TELNO 301 OF 22 DECEMBER: VBP IN HONG KONG: UK/VIETNAM MOU
1. TEXT OF DRAFT MOU HANDED OVER BY HEAD OF CHANCERY ON 22 DECEMBER
IS:
DRAFT
MEMORANDEM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE SOCIALISTS REPLUBLIC OF VIETNAM ON (DATE)
1. A. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SRV AND OF THE BRITISH
AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS REACHED A COMMON POSITION IN LONDON ON 12 AND 13 OCTOBER ON THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG AFTER 15 JUNE 1988 WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR RESETTLEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES. BOTH SIDES UNDERTOOK TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE START ON PHASED RETURNS TO VIETNAM OF THOSE WHO ALREADY APPLIED TO RETURN.
1. B. THE TWO SIDES HAVE REACHED THE FOLLOWING UNDERSTANDING:
2. THE HANDING OVER OF LISTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR REPATRIATION.
2. A. THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES WILL PASS TO THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES VIA THE UNHCR LISTS OF VIETNAMESE IN HONG KONG WHO HAVE EXPRESSED A
WISH TO RETURN TO VIETNAM TOGETHER WITH APPLICATION FORMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS LIKE THE ATTACHED SAMPLE.
2. B. IN PRINCIPLE THE VIETNAMESE SIDE WILL ACCEPT THE RETURN OF
ALL VIETNAMESE IN HONG KONG WHO ASK TO RETURN. THE VIETNAMESE SIDE WILL BATCH BY BATCH PASS TO THE BRITISH SIDE AND THE UNHCR OFFICE IN HANOI LISTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE VIETNAMESE
GOVERNMENT FOR REPATRIATION.
3. PROCEDURES FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF REPATRIATION.
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