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INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE
FROM MCLAREN
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: SECOND ROUND OF TALKS WITH VIETNAM.
DAY ONE: PRELIMINARIES
1. FOLLOWING A BRIEF EXCHANGE, THE TWO SIDES AGREED THE FOLLOWING AGENDA:
(A) REPORT ON THE PRESENT SITUATION IN HONG KONG
(B) EFFORTS TO STOP THE OUTFLOW
(C)
COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT
(D)
THE FIRST RETURNEES.
THE ORDER WAS AS PROPOSED BY THE VIETNAMESE BUT WE HAD EARLIER CONCLUDED THAT IT WOULD BE LOGICAL TO DEAL WITH THE ITEM ON A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT BEFORE THE ITEM ON THE FIRST RETURNEES.
MY THREE IFTS REPORT ON AGENDA ITEMS (A)− ( C ).
2.
A DRAFT COMMUNIQUE ARE REPORTED SEPARATELY.
EXCHANGES ON
HOWE
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
102
MAIN
98
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NEWS
PS
PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MR PATTEN ODA
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