CONFIDENTIAL
HD 24319
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 984
OF 09122OZ MAY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, WASHINGTON
(217)
052316 MDHOAN 0781
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: SCREENING
1. THOMAS (SEAD) TRANSITTING BANGKOK HAS TOLD US THAT THE THAIS AND MALAYS ARE CONCERNED THAT WE ARE ALLOWING THE US IMMIGRATION ACCESS IN HONG KONG TO BOAT PEOPLE AWAITING SCREENING AND/OR TO THOSE SCREENED OUT AND AWAITING APPEAL. AS YOU WILL RECALL (PARA 3 OF UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 207 TO FCO) THIS IS A SOMEWHAT NEURALGIC POINT AS THE THAIS (AND WE) WOULD SEE US IMMIGRATION ACCESS AS CUTTING ACROSS THE INTEGRITY OF THE SCREENING PROCESS AND DIMINISHING ITS HOPED-FOR DETERRENT EFFECT. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
COMMENTS.
HOWE
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
101
ΜΑΙΝ
95
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
•
NEWS
LIMITED
PS
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
ADDITIONAL
6
PS/LORD
GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MR MACHIN ODA 2 COPIES
MR G-HARRISON ODA
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