RESTRICTED
34
RESTRICTED
HKD 243/15
160476 MDHOAN 5854
40ÛT 1988
FM FCO
TO
IMMEDIATE HANOI
TELNO 228
OF 03180OZ OCTOBER 88
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
YOUR TELNO 350: BOAT PEOPLE TALKS
1. THERE IS NO QUESTION OF OUR PAYING AIR FARES FOR VIETNAMESE
DELEGATION. OUR AGREEMENT (FCO TELNO 225) TO COVER SUBSISTENCE
FOR A MAXIMUM OF FIVE PEOPLE WAS BASED ON THE INFORMATION GIVEN
TO YOU BY TIN (HANOI TELNO 347).
2. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE ESTABLISH FROM TIN AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE THE SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THEIR DELEGATION AND
WHETHER THEY WILL ARRIVE IN TIME FOR TALKS ON 11 AND 12 OCTOBER
AS PROPOSED. WE ARE PREPARED TO PROVIDE AN INTERPRETER.
GRATEFUL ALSO FOR SHORT BACKGROUND NOTES ON MEMBERS OF THE
VIETNAMESE TEAM.
D
HOWE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
40
DISTRIBUTION
40
LIMITED
SEAD
HKD
PROTOCOL DEPT
PS
PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
MR MCLAREN
N N N N