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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 015
OF 06050OZ MARCH 89
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, UKMIS GENEVA
HKB 24.3/9
са
002775
MDHIAN 5340
YOUR TELNO 701 OF 1 MARCH: VBP SCREENING POLICY IN HONG KONG
1. THE TVB JURNALIST CURRENTLY HERE, MABEL CHAN, DENIES SENDING ANY SUCH STORY AND THE UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE SAYS THAT THE SUBJECT DID NOT CROP UP IN HIS INTERVIEW WATH TVB.
2. WE HAVE NOT DETECTED ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE VIETNAMESE ARE MISREPRESENTING HONG KONG'S SCRREENING POLICY ALTHOUGH IN THEIR COUNTER DRAFT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION THEY TRIED TO SUPPORT SUGGEST THAT SCREENED OUT VBPS WHO DO NOT VOLUNTEER TO RETURN SHOULD BE RESETTLED.
DAVIES
FCO PSE PASS TO HONG KONG AND UKMIS GENEVA
6
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
98
ΜΑΙΝ
92
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
NEWS
LIMITED
PS
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
ADDITIONAL
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
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