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IT REMAINED UNCLEAR WHETHER HE MEANT THAT THIS WAS A QUESTION
WHICH WAS ALREADY UNDER CONSIDERATION OR WHETHER IT WOULD BE
CONSIDERED IF WE RAISED IT. I THAN ASKED HIM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE
APPREHENDED A BOAT TOMORROW JUST OUTSIDE HONG KONG TERRITORIAL WATERS AND TOWED IT TO VIETNAMESE TERRITORIAL WATERS. NGO SAID
THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT HIS GOVERNMENT BUT HIS PERSONAL VIEW
WAS THAT THEY COULD BE ACCEPTED BACK.
COMMENT
7. NGO SEEMED
UNUSED TO DEALING WITH FOREIGNERS, AT LEAST ACROSS
A TABLE, AND TOOK SOME TIME TO WARM TO HIS SUBJECT. BUT, I THINK HE COULD PROVE TO BE A VALUABLE CONTACT. HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES SEEM READY TO TAKE A RATHER MORE ROBUST LINE THAN MFA OFFICIALS
AND MINISTERS ON REPATRIATION: IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR US WITH CARE TO EXPLOIT THIS. WE SHALL NEED TO COME UP WITH THE GOODS ON INFORMATION ABOUT ORGANISERS VERY PROMPTLY.
DAVIES
FCO PSE PASS HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA AND WASHINGTON
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
ΜΑΙΝ
95
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
NEWS
LIMITED
PS
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
ADDITIONAL
6
101
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
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
N N N N
HKGO LONDON
MRS B FAIR VSU QUEEN ANNES GTE CHOME OFFICE)
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