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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1001
OF 10175OZ MAY 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS
GENEVA
INFO IMMEDIATE TOKYO, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO PRIORITY HANOI, WASHINGTON
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056267 MDHOAN 0887
MID 243/22
TOKYO TELNO 417: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: JAPANESE ASSISTANCE
1.
IN VIEW OF THE ENCOURAGING RESPONSE FROM KIJIMA REPORTED IN TUR,
WE ARE CONSIDERING HOW WE MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF JAPAN'S APPARENT WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO SOLVING THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM PROVIDED THAT SUITABLE PROJECTS CAN BE
IDENTIFIED.
2. IN THIS CONNECTION, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR REACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE JAPANESE OFFER TO ASSIST WITH
VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN HONG KONG COUR TEL 779).-61
3. THERE WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE A SUBSTANTIAL REQUIREMENT FOR FUNDING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IF A REGIONAL HOLDING CENTRE AND AN EMERGENCY OVERSPILL CENTRES WERE TO BE SET UP. BUT WE WOULD ALSO WELCOME ANY OTHER IDEAS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR SUITABLE PROJECTS TO WHICH THE JAPANESE MIGHT BE ASKED TO
CONTRIBUTE WITHIN HONG KONG.
4.
ONE IDEA WHICH OCCURS TO US IS THAT THE JAPANESE MIGHT BE ENCOURAGED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PILLAR POINT APPEAL, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND HAS NOW BEEN BROADENED TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION IN HONG KONG. GRATEFUL IF UKMIS GENEVA COULD CONFIRM WHEN THIS APPEAL IS TO BE LAUNCHED AND IN WHAT TERMS.
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DISTRIBUTION
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.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
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HKD
NEWS
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