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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1472
OF 091115Z MAY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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MDHIAN 3843
MY TELNO 1409: VISIT OF VIETNAMESE FIRST DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER
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1 FOLLOWING ARE POINTS WE PROPOSE THAT POLITICAL ADVISER SHOULD MAKE TO LIEM DURING HIS TRANSIT OF HONG KONG ON 13 MAY:
A) SERIOUS CONCERN AT INCREASE IN DEPARTURES. NOTE VIETNAM'S UNDERTAKING AT KUALA LUMPUR PREPARATORY MEETING TO TAKE STEPS
TO PREVENT THESE. URGE FURTHER MEASURES WHICH WILL BE GENUINELY
EFFECTIVE. STRESS GRAVITY OF CURRENT SITUATION FOR HONG KONG IN
TERMS OF ACCOMMODATION ETC.
B) GIVE DETAILS OF RECENT INFORMATION ON ROUTES USED BY VBP FROM VIETNAM. SPECIFIC MENTION OF LAND BORDER CROSSINGS WITH INFORMATION ON THE CROSSING POINTS USED BY VIETNAMESE COMING
TO HONG KONG THROUGH CHINA.
C) URGE VIETNAMESE TO ADVERTISE OUR POLICY OF SCREENING AND
DETENTION MORE EFFECTIVELY.
D) RECALL VIETNAMESE UNDERTAKING TO COOPERATE IN COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION (LONDON MEETING OCTOBER 1988). THANKS FOR HELP WITH
VOLUNTARY RETURNS. URGE VIETNAMESE TO ACCEPT BACK ALL SCREENED OUT.
E> STRESS IMPORTANCE OF SATISFACTORY OUTCOME AT GENEVA LEADING
TO EARLY SOLUTION OF PROBLEM. HONG KONG LOOKING TO VIETNAM FOR
PRACTICAL HELP WHICH WILL DEMONSTRATE VIETNAM'S WISH TO COOPERATE FULLY IN THE REGION. EMPHASISE THAT OUTCOME AT GENEVA WHICH MERELY EXPRESSES INTENTIONS WITHOUT AGREED MEASURES FOR PREVENTING DEPARTURES, AND FOR RESETTLEMENT AND REPATRIATION WILL BE OF NO USE.
2. GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS DESKBY 12010OZ.
WILSON
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