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CONFIDENTIAL
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OCT 1988 TO COPY
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
Q DIST ?
TELNO 2708
OF 171548Z OCTOBER 88
JOMS
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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
YOUR TELNO 385T: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: POSSIBLE UK RESETTLEMENT
COMMITMENT AND REPATRIATION
1.
PARA 2 OF TUR. WE ARE CONTENT WITH YOUR PROPOSED ANSWER.
PARA 3 OF TUR. VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION: AS YOU KNOW WE ARE
IN CONTACT WITH UNHCR THROUGH UKMIS GENEVA ON UNHCR'S THINKING ABOUT A REPATRIATION PROGRAMME. WE HAVE NOT (NOT) SENT ANY TEEM
TO GENEVA ON THIS. WE SUGGEST YOU RESPOND ACCORDINGLY TO MY PRESS
ENQUIRIES ON THIS POINT.
2.
HOWE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
93
DISTRIBUTION
97
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MR PATTEN ODA
ADDITIONAL
MR J MACHIN DISASTER UNIT ODA
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
HKGO LONDON
MR G-HARRISON ODA
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