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(I) MONITORING WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE BRITISH EMBASSY. BASED ON EXPERIENCE WITH THOSE WHO RETURNED EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT WILL
HONOUR THEIR ASSURANCES ABOUT GOOD TREATMENT. INDEED THEY HAVE EVERY INTEREST IN DOING SO IF THEIR RETURN TO INTERNATIONAL
RESPECTABILITY IS NOT TO BE COMPROMISED:
(J) REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE IS DESIGNED TO HELP THOSE RETURNING
TO REESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN VIETNAM. IT IS ESSENTIALLY
HUMANITARIAN IN NATURE AND WILL BENEFIT THE INDIVIDUALS OR
FAMILIES CONCERNED. IT IS IN NO SENSE BILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AID. CONSIDERATION OF THAT DEPENDS ON WITHDRAWAL OF VIETNAMESE TROOPS FROM CAMBODIA, AS WELL AS FURTHER PROGRESS IN SETTLING THE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM.
HOWE
YYYY
MAIN
109
DISTRIBUTION
115
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
NEWS
INFO D
•
· FINANCE D
RMD
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
ADDITIONAL
MR MACHIN ODA 2 COPIES
MR G-HARRISON ODA
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
HKGO LONDON
MRS B FAIR VSU QUEEN ANNES GTE CHOME OFFICE)
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