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HKB 011 13
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 12010OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 2460
OF 11183OZ DECEMBER 89
INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING, HANOI
502
106716
MDHOAN 9422
TOP COPY Q DIST?
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: FAC EVIDENCE SESSION
1. IN PREPARATION FOR THE FAC MEETING ON 13 DECEMBER, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR DETAILS REGARDING THE FOLLOWING:
(A) A MAP (BY FAX) OF HONG KONG SHOWING ALL THE CENTRES WHERE
VBPS ARE HELD, INDICATING BOTH THE CURRENT POPULATION AND WHETHER THEY ARE REFUGEES, YET TO BE SCREENED VBPS, SCREENED OUT VPBS AND SCREENED IN VBPS.
(B) A MAP (BY FAX) INDICATING THE MOST COMMON ROUTES TAKEN BY
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN TRAVELLING FROM VIETNAM TO HONG KONG.
IF YOU HAVE ANY DETAILS OF THE APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGES TAKING THE DIFFERENT ROUTES, THESE WOULD BE HELPFUL.
(C)
AN UP TO DATE SITREP OF WHERE YOU HAVE GOT TO IN BUILDING NEW CAMPS, WHEN YOU EXPECT COMPLETION OF THE CAMPS, AND THE DESIGN CAPACITY.
(0)
ARE YOU GIVING THE FIRST BATCH OF INVOLUNTARY RETURNEES ANY POCKET MONEY? IF SO HOW MUCH USD 50, THE SAME AS THE UNHCR GIVE?
2. GRATEFUL IF THE ABOVE COULD REACH US DESKBY 12100OZ.
HURD
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
120
ΜΑΙΝ
112
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
RMD
LIMITED
PS
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/MR SAINSBURY
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
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