CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 2711

OF 171504Z OCTOBER 88

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

CONFIDENTIAL

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1988

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INFO PRIORITY HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA

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OUR TELNOS 2686 TO YOU AND 469 TO BANGKOK, YOUR TELNOS 3839 AND 3854 AND PEKING TELNO 1681: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: TALKS WITH VIETNAMESE

1. WE CONSIDERED IN FIRST TUR ASKING PEKING TO BRIEF THE CHINESE. INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS WERE ISSUED IN SECOND TUR, FOLLOWING YOUR AGREEMENT IN THIRD TUR. WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR PEKING TO REFER TO COAST HOPPING ON THE LINES YOU SUGGEST. TO DO THIS PEKING WILL NEED THE LATEST INFORMATION ON ARRIVALS: WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD TELEGRAPH THIS TO PEKING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PARA 3 OF SECOND TUR COVERS THE QUESTION OF A VIETNAMESE

VISIT TO HONG KONG.

2.

PARA 2 OF FOURTH TUR: IF EXCO CONCLUDE THAT A VIETNAMESE

VISIT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE UNDER UNHCR AUSPICES, WOULD YOU WANT UKMIS GENEVA TO APPROACH UNHCR OR WOULD YOU ENVISAGE DOING THAT

LOCALLY IN HONG KONG?

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