CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 857
OF 191215Z APRIL 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE HANOI
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
CONFIDENTIAL
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MiTOP 300
166775
MDHOAN 9412
YOUR TELNO 1225: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE:
VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION
1.
WE SEE THE ADVANTAGES IN A SHORT DELAY IN RETURNING THE
SECOND BATCH OF VOLUNTEERS IF THE NUMBERS CAN BE BOOSTED. SUBJECT TO THE VIEWS OF HANOI AND PROVIDED WE CAN BE REASONABLY CONFIDENT THAT THE DELAY WILL NOT BECOME EXCESSIVE, WE AGREE TRAN QUOC VAN SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO ACT AS PROPOSED.
HOWE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
96
DISTRIBUTION
102
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
ADDITIONAL
MR MACHIN ODA 2 COPIES
MR G-HARRISON ODA
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
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HKGO LONDON
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