RESTRICTED
45
RESTRICTED
FM BTC HONG KONG TO ROUTINE DTI TELNO OTTER 120
OF 21013OZ JUNE 89
AND TO ROUTINE FCO
(FOR HALL OT2)
HKB 2+3/30
HUTS FOR BOAT PEOPLE BOUGHT IN HOLLAND
032003
MDLIAN 0545
TOP COPY Q DIST?
1. THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR IN HONG KONG, HANSON, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HONG KONG IS BUYING PURPOSE BUILT HUTS FROM HOLLAND WITH WHICH TO MAKE THE LATEST ADDITIONS TO ACCOMMODATION FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND THAT THESE WERE BEING BOUGHT WITH PART OF THE FUNDS DONATED BY BRITAIN LAST WEEK FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING.
2. THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES HAD TOLD ME EARLIER THAT HE HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED TO MAKE THE PURCHASES FROM HOLLAND. I URGED HIM TO LOOK AT BRITISH SUPPLIERS (WHOSE NAMES WERE SUPPLIED BY OT2 (SZPALA) AT SHORT NOTICE) AND HE SAID HE WOULD DO SO. THIS HAS NOT, IT SEEMS, HAD ANY RESULT.
3. IT MIGHT BE WORTH CONSIDERING WHETHER ANY FUTURE ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN KIND FROM THE UK, OR THAT IT BE TIED TO UK SUPPLIERS.
HEAP
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
67
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
FED
DISTRIBUTION
68
NEWS
INFO D
RMD
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
COMED
ADDITIONAL 1.
DTI
VIC ST.