CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HANOI
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG TELNO 115
OF 19052OZ DECEMBER 89
INFO ROUTINE FCO
Hie B
243 19
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR
527
134645
MDLIAN 5452
TOP COPY
DIST?
04 JAN 1990
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
REGISTRY
PA
Action Taken
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
1 I HAVE HEARD IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY THAT THE
MAIN REASON WHY THE RETURNEES HAVE BEEN MAKING SUCH DISOBLIGING REMARKS ABOUT THEIR TREATMENT IN HONG KONG MAY BE THAT A FAMILY GROUP OF FORTY TWO PERSONS WAS SPLIT BY THE MOVE. FROM THE DESRIPTION I RECEIVED, IT SOUNDS AS IF THE ALLEGATION CONCERNS THE FAMILY GROUPS
HEADED BY LE VAN MINH (SEE BELOW), LE VAN HUNG, LE VAN KHAI AND POSSIBLY SOME OF THE OTHER GROUPS WITH THE FAMILY NAME LE.
2. LE VAN MINH IS THE MAN WHOM I REFERRED TO IN MY TELNO 687 AS THE CHIEF BARRACK ROOM LAWYER AT THE TRANSI INBNTRE.
IT IS INTERESTING HOWEVER THAT NEITHER HE NOR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE GROUP MADE ANY ALLEGATION ABOUT FAMILIES BEING SPLIT.
3. GIVEN HIS SET PIECE PERFORMANCE AT THE TRANSIT CENTRE AND HIS OBVIOUS DETACHMENT FROM THE OTHER RETURNEES ON THE DAY OF ARRIVAL CHE WALKED OSTENTATIOUSLY ALONE DOWN THE STEPS AND THEN TO THE BUS), I HAD IN FACT BEEN OWN//// BEEN WONDERING WHETHER HE WAS NOT A RATHER CRUDE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR PLANT. GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE WHILE IN HONG KONG. I HOPE TO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HIM ON HIS HOME GROUND WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
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