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HKD 243/9
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FM BANGKOK
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 012
OF 05073OZ JANUARY 89
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AND TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG
AND TO PRIORITY HANOI
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MDHIAN 7479
VBP IN HONG KONG: FIRST RETURNS.
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1. SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO HAS TOLD DRAFTING GROUP THAT HE HAS JUST HEARD FROM UNHCR GENEVA THAT, ACCORDING TO ICM, ARRANGEMENTS HAVE PROVISIONALLY BEEN MADE TO CHATER A PHILIPPINE AIRLINES 240-SEAT AIRCRAFT SOMETIME BETWEEN 29 JANUARY AND 3 FEBRUARY, IN ORDER TO RETURN FIRST BATCH OF VIETNAMESE FROM HONG KONG BEFORE TET (AS WAS APPARENTLY AGREED BETWEEN DE MELLO AND VU KHOAN
RECENTLY IN GENEVA). THIS IS ONLY PLANE AVAILABLE BEFORE TET AND
THESE ARE THE ONLY DATES. AIRLINE NEEDS CONFIRMATION BY 13
JANUARY AND UNHCR THEREFORE NEED SOME WRITTEN FINANCIAL PLEDGES
BEFORE THEN, OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE NO RETURNS BEFORE TET.
2.
PROPOSED ITINERARY WOULD BE MANILA-HONG KONG-HANOI.
SAVINGS ON CHARTER COSTS WOULD BE MADE BY THEN SENDING PLANE
TO HMCM TO PICK UP BATCH OF ODP DEPARTEES.
3.
HONG KONG: YOUR LOCAL UNHCR REP MAY NOT YET KNOW THESE DETAILS.
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DISTRIBUTION
98
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
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PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
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