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TO PRIORITY FCO
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OF 28044OZ OCTOBER 89
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, HANOI
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: LEGCO DEBATE
THE FOLLOWING MOTION WILL BE DEBATED IN LEGCO ON 29 NOVEMBER. BEGINS
THAT THIS COUNCIL URGES HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT TO SECURE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WHETHER THROUGH THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION AGREED AT GENEVA IN JUNE THIS YEAR OR THROUGH BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT, THE URGENT MANDATORY REPATRIATION FROM HONG KONG TO VIETNAM OF ALL VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE CLASSIFIED AS NON-REFUGEES.
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2. SOME MEMBERS HAVE BEEN PRESSING FOR A DEBATE ON THE POLICY OF FIRST ASYLUM BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INFLUENCE THE DRAFTING OF THE MOTION ALONG MORE CONSTRUCTIVE LINES. HOWEVER, IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THE DEBATE WILL SPILL OVER INTO A GENERAL DIS- CUSSION OF POLICY.
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