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045214 MDHIAN 3646
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 08103OZ FCO
TELNO 1455
OF 081015Z MAY 89
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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, PEKING, HANOI
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE :
ALLEN LEE, SENIOR LEGCO MEMBER, HAS GIVEN NOTICE THAT HE INTENDS TO MOVE THE FOLLOWING MOTION ON VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ON 17 MAY 1989 :
BEGINS
THAT THIS COUNCIL, CONSIDERING THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCREENING POLICY FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE DEPENDS UPON THE SUCCESSFUL REPATRIATION OF ALL THOSE SCREENED OUT AS NON-REFUGEES AND THE RESETTLEMENT OF ALL REFUGEES, URGES HMG TO FULFIL ITS RESPONSIBILITY BY TAKING A LEADING ROLE IN ACTIVELY PURSUING THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPATRIATION, AND IN ACCEPTING FOR RESETTLEMENT MORE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG.
ENDS
2. THIS MNTION, IN THE NAME OF THE SENIOR MEMBER, FOLLOWS A GOOD DEAL OF OMELCO IN-HOUSE DISCUSSION AND PRE-EMPTS VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE, AND EVEN MORE UNATTRACTIVE MOTIONS BEING CANVASSED BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. WE EXPECT AT LEAST 12 MEMBERS TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION. WE SHALL TELEGRAPH FURTHER WITH OUR PROPOSED LINE, AFTER ATTEMPTING TO FIND OUT THE LIKELY THRUST IN MORE DETAIL OF MEMBERS SPEECHES.
WILSON
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