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MDLIAN 4545
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HANOI
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 27
OF 19063OZ APRIL 89
INFO PRIORITY FCO, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
TOP COPY Q-DIST/?
YOUR TELNO 1236 TO FCO: ILLEGAL DEPARTURES: COAST HOPPING
YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM MY TELNO 25 THAT WE ARE
FEELING UNSIGHTED ABOUT THE NATURE AND MODALITIES OF RECENT ILLEGAL DEPARTURES. YOUR TUR PROVIDES INTERESTING DETAIL.
I WOULD SEE ADVANTAGE IN YOU LETTING US HAVE THIS SORT OF DETAIL FOR AS MANY OF THE BOAT PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WHICH WE COULD THEN HAND OVER TO THE VIETNAMESE WITH A REQUEST THAT THEY
FOLLOW UP THE OBVIOUS CASES OF CONNIVANCE BY OFFICIALS.
DAVIES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
96
DISTRIBUTION
102
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
ADDITIONAL
MR MACHIN ODA 2 COPIES
MR G-HARRISON ODA
MR FLESHER BI DIV HO LUNAR HSE
NNNN
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
HKGO LONDON
MRS B FAIR VSU QUEEN ANNES GTE (HOME OFFICE)
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