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FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 394
OF 27063OZ JULY 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS
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MIPT: VBP: REPATRIATION
1. TEXT OF AGREED MINUTE IS:
AGREED MINUTE
THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR, INVALIDS AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS REPRESENTING THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, HEREAFTER ACALLED THE VIETNAMESE SIDE, AND THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND IN HANOI REPRESENTING THE GOVERNMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES, HEREAFTER CALLED THE BRITISH SIDE:
DESIRING TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR THE REPATRIATION AND RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THIRD COUNTRIES, BASED ON THE AGREEMENT WHICH THE BRITISH AND VIETNAMESE SIDES SIGNED ON 26 JUNE 1989, HAVE AGREED THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING THE FIRST FLIGHT
(A) THE BRITISH SIDE WILL PAY A SUM OF MONEY TO COVER ONE OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING COSTS DEPENDING ON THE EXACT DETAILS OF
EACH CASE:
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TRANSPORT WITHIN VIETNAM
FOOD
MEDICINES
- DOMESTIC APPLIANCES
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HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT IN OTHER PLACES
VOCATIONAL TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT AND PRODUCTION TOOLS
- ADMINISTRATION COSTS
ALL OF THESE COSTS WILL NOT BE UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE. THE LEVEL
OF EXPENDITURE WILL BE BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH REPATRIATED PERSONS BUT THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE WILL NOT EXCEED 620 US DOLLARS FOR EACH REPATRIATED PERSON.
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