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FM FCO
TO DESKBY 14010OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 2080
OF 13180OZ OCTOBER 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI
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HKB
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054451 MDHOAN 5414
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YOUR TELNO 3422: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: REPATRIATION
1.
WE WERE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT YOU ARE NOW CONTEMPLATING CARRYING OUT THE FIRST REPATRIATION EXERCISE ON THE BASIS OF A BATCH OF FOURTEEN. WE HAVE NOT YET CONSULTED MINISTERS, BUT DOUBT WHETHER THEY WOULD THINK THAT THIS WAS WORTH THE CANDLE. IF THIS OPERATION IS TO GO AHEAD WE THINK THAT A BATCH OF FIFTY WOULD BE ABOUT THE MINIMUM, AND THAT YOU WOULD THEREFORE HAVE TO TRANSFER ANOTHER GROUP FROM CHI MA WAN, DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES THAT YOU IDENTIFY.
WE CONFIRM THAT MINISTERS AGREE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AUTHORITY
TO USE NORMAL REPATRIATION PROCEDURES IN RETURNING THE FIRST BATCH.
2 =
MAJOR
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
113
DISTRIBUTION
120
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
RMD PS
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/MR SAINSBURY
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MR MOSS
MR BLATHERWICK
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
NEWS
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FINANCE D
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