CONFIDENTIAL
057417
MDLIAN 9855
(67)
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 038
OF 110512Z MAY 89
INFO ROUTINE FCO AND PEKING
HKD 216P COPY
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Q DIST ?
YOUR TELNO 1472 TO FCO: VISIT OF VIETNAMESE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER.
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1 LIEM WILL BE THOROUGHLY PREOCCUPIED WITH SINO-VIETNAMESE
BILATERAL PROBLEMS: I WOULD SEE SOME ADVANTAGE THEREFORE IN TALKING TO HIM LESS EUPHEMISTICALLY ABOUT REPATRIATION OF VOLUNTEERS AND TO ASK HIM WHETHER THE ISSUE WAS RAISED IN HIS
TALKS IN PEKING BY EITHER SIDE.
2. IN CONDUCTING YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH LIEM YOU WILL NEED TO BEAR IN MIND THAT HE IS AWARE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S DECIDEDLY UNHELPFUL ATTITUDE TO VIETNAM OVER HHONG KONG VISAS, OVER THE ISSUE OF VIETNAMESE VISAS IN HONG KONG AND ON AIR LINKS.
3. I WOULD SEE LITTLE POINT IN GIVING THE DETAILED INFORMATION REFERRED TO IN PARA 1 (B) OF TUR. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU LET THIS EMBASSY HAVE ANY SUCH INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR PASSING ON TO THE MINISTRIES OF THE INTERIOR AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
4. PEKING TELNO 792. LIEM'S OFFICE CLAIM (NOT IMPLAUSIBLY) THAT
THEY HAVE RECEIVED NO DETAILS OF HIS TRAVEL PLANS.
DAVIES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
95
DISTRIBUTION
101
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
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