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4. B. THE BRITISH SIDE WILL CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO THE UNHCR PROGRAMME TO IMPLEMENT THIS PACKAGE.
5. THIS MEMORANDUM WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON SIGNATURE AND WILL CONTINUE IN OPERATION UNTIL TERMINATED BY EITHER SIGNATORY GIVING THIRTY DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE OTHER.
6. THE FOREGOING RECORD REPRESNNTS THE UNDERSTANDINGS REACHED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITIAN AND NORTHER IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAME UPON THE MATTERS REFERRED TO THEREIN, SIGNED IN DUPLICATE AT (PLACE), ON (DATE) IN THE ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE LANGUAGES, BOTH TEXTS BEING OF EQUAL VALIDITY.
ENDS
2. WHEN PROPOSING FURTHER AMENDMENTS PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE FINANCING OF VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS TRIPS TO HONG KONG YOU WILL NEED TO CONSIDER THE RELATIVE MERITS OF GETTING THE WORDING EXACTLY RIGHT VERSUS ACHIEVING SOME AGREED TEXT IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THE VIETNAMESE ARE OF COURSE MAKING ANY PROGRESS ON FIRST BATCH OF RETURNEES DEPENDENT ON THE SIGNING OF OUR MOU.
DAVIES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
91
DISTRIBUTION
96
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
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