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FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2056
OF 230932Z DECEMBER 88
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
MKD 243/9
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
156)243/12
TOP
DIST
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YOUR TELNO 3281 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO 4634.
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND ECVIIS.
1.
PIGOTT INFORMED WANG JIANXING ON 23 DECEMBER OF MR. EGGAR'S
STATEMENT AND SENT HIM A COPY OF THE TEXT UNDER A SHORT COVERING LETTER. WANG WAS GRATEFUL.
2"
PIGOTT ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF MAKING THE POINT ABOUT
ECVII ARRIVALS AS SUGGESTED IN SECOND TUR. WANG WAS GRATEFUL FOR THIS INFORMATION, WHICH HE AGREED WAS ENCOURAGING.
HE VOLUNTEERED THAT THE NEXT IMPORTANT STEP IN SOLVING THIS
PROBLEM WOULD BE TO REPATRIATE THE RECENT ECVII ARRIVALS TO
CHINA BUT ADDED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR FOR THIS TO HAPPEN EXCLAM.
DONALD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
91
DISTRIBUTION
96
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NEWS
PS
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PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
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