SECRET
ZCZC
SECRET
IMMEDIATE
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO
OF 081400Z NOVEMBER 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE HANOI
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK
OUR TELNO
: VBP: REPATRIATION
1.
.... •
Ministers have decided that the first repatriation should
take place on 2 or 3 December, depending on which date is logistically easier for you and Hanoi. Grateful if you could
set the necessary action in hand, including the booking of the
aircraft.
2.
Grateful if Hanoi would now arrange to sign the Agreed Minute at the earliest opportunity. In doing so you should let the Vietnamese know that we are planning for the first flight to
arrive on 2 or 3 December but will confirm the exact date as soon
as the details are finalised. You can emphasise that the first
flight will be drawn from the list of names already cleared by
them (Hanoi telno 540). We propose to exchange the final list at the airport on arrival, as provided for in the Annex to the 26
June agreement. [You may tell them that we would like early
talks after the first flight and that we are willing to discuss their interest in aid for the main departure areas in Vietnam.]
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