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MDHIAN 9941
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FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 47
OF 260501Z JANUARY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNO 22 AND HONG KONG TELNO 187 TO YOU:
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
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1. UNHCR REP SAW MEMBER OF CONSULAR DEPT TWO DAYS AGO TO URGE SPEEDIER ACTION ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS. THIS DEMARCHE
HAS BORNE FRUIT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VIETNAMESE HAVE NOW PROVIDED
A SECOND LIST OF FORTY APPROVED REPATRIATION CASES.
2. I CONTINUE TO BADGER FOR ACCESS TO VU KHOAN TO
CONCLUDE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE BILATERAL MOU ETC, BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THE CANNOT SEE ME UNTIL NEXT WEEK. I HAVE LEFT MFA IN NO DOUBT THAT I AM NOT HAPPY WITH DELAY.
3. HOWEVER, IT IS THE VIEW OF UNHCR REP THAT THE DELAYS
ON THE VIETNAMESE SIDE ARE CAUSED BY INEFFICIENCY AND THE ABSENCE IN HO CHI MINH CITY OF MANY KEY PERSONAEL (THE MINISTER IS OF
COURSE IN DELHI): THEIR GOODWILL IS EVIDENCED BY PRODUCTION OF
SECOND LIST. I TEND TO AGREE WITH HIM BUT IT IS NO LESS
EXASPERATING.
DAVIES
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DISTRIBUTION
97
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
NEWS
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PS/MR PATTEN ODA
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