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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 940
OF 02183OZ MAY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, PEKING, HANOI
INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, TOKYO
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YOUR TELNOS 1355 AND 1386: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: REGIONAL HOLDING CENTRE (RHC).
1. MINISTERS ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LATEST ARRIVAL FIGURES. LORD GLENARTHUR WILL BE CHAIRING A MEETING ON 4 MAY TO CONSIDER TACTICS IN THE RUN UP TO THE ICIR. THIS WILL CERTAINLY TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND OF THE POINTS IN TURS.
2. WE HAVE BEEN GIVING SOME THOUGHT TO AN ENTIRELY NEW IDEA OF A QUOTE REINTEGRATION CENTRE UNQUOTE, AS A VARIATION
OF OR SUPPLEMENT TO THE IDEA OF AN RHC. THIS MIGHT BE THIS MIGHT BE SITED IN VIETNAM CHANOI TELNO 220 TO FCO), ADMINISTERED BY UNHCR AND/OR ICM (UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CPA) AND FUNDED BY THE JAPANESE (OUR TELNO 779 TO HONG KONG). IT MIGHT CARRY, AMONG OTHER ADVANTAGES, THAT OF PERMITTING THE AMERICANS IMMIGRATION ACCESS TO THE SCREENED OUT, WHICH THE ASEAN COUNTRIES HAVE UNDERSTANDABLY BEEN AGAINST. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS ON THIS IDEA
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