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OF 26060OZ JANUARY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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MY TELNO 7: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF VIETNAMESE COUNTER DRAFT OF MOU WHICH HAS JUST BEEN GIVEN TO US UNDER COVER OF NOTE
DATED 2 JANUARY (SIC):
MEMORANDUM
025161
MDHIAN 9948
OF UNDERSTAND BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ON
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED KINGDON AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM REACHED A COMMON POSITION IN LONDON ON 12 AND 13 OCTOBER 1988 ON THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG AFTER 15 JUNE 1988 WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR RESSETTLE- MENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES. BOTH SIDE UNDERTOOK TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE START ON PHASED RETURNS TO VIETNAM OF THOSE WHO WISH TO RETURN ON VOLUNTARY BASIS
THE TWO SIDE HAVE REACHED THE FOLLOWING UNDERSTANDING:
1) THE HANDING OVER OF LISTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR REPATRIATION.
1.A. THE UK AUTHORITIES WILL PASS TO THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES VIA THE UNHCR LISTS OF VIETNAMESE IN HONG KONG WHO HAVE EXPRESSED A WISH TO RETURN TO VIETNAM TOGETHER WITH VIETNAMESE APPLICATION FORMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS LIKE THE ATTACHED SAMPLE.
1.B. THE VIETNAMESE SIDE WILL BATCH BY BATCH PASS TO THE BRITISH SIDE AND THE UNHCR OFFICE IN HANOI LISTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT FOR INTERVIEW.
2. PROCEDURES FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF REPATRIATION
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