CONFIDENTIAL
FM BANGKOK
TO DESKBY 040830Z FCO
TELNO 298
OF 04020OZ MAY 89
CONFIDENTIAL
MID 243¢
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG,
AND TO PRIORITY HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPURE, TOKYO AND TO PRIORITY PEKING AND WASHINGTON
195
034711
MDHIAN 3192
YOUR TELNO 940 TO HONG KONG:
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: REGIONAL HOLDING CENTRE (RHC)
1 THE THAIS WILL WELCOME ANY PROPOSAL THAT ALLOWS FOR THE EARLY DEPARTURE FROM THAILAND OF SCREENED-OUT VIETNAMESE. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INTERESTS TO ADVANCE WITH REGARD TO VIETNAM, AND WE SUSPECT THEY WILL BE UNWILLING TO JEOPARDISE THEIR OBJECTIVES BY BEING TOO CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE IDEA OF A REINTEGRATION CENTRE. THEY WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT WANT TO BECOME ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY WELL SEE MERIT IN THE PROPOSAL THAT
SCREENED-OUT ARE RETURNED IN THIS FASHION.
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96
DISTRIBUTION
102
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
ADDITIONAL
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN