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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 237
OF 05085OZ MAY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, ÚKMIS GENEVA
TKD 243/22.
INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, WASHINGTON
17
041121
MDHIAN 3401
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
1. YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT A CIRCULAR NOTE HAS
JUST BEEN DELIVERED BY THE MFA ASKING MISSIONS TO LET THE
VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT KNOW ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION
RECEIVED FROM BOAT PEOPLE DETAILS OF ORGANISERS (STILL IN VIETNAM) OF ILLEGAL DEPARTURES, THE PRECISE MANNER AND DATE OF DEPARTURE
AND HOW MUCH WAS PAID BY THE TRAVELLERS. FULL TEXT ON 8 MAY.
-
2 I WOULD SEE NO REASON FOR NOT COMPLYING BUT THERE MAY BE
WIDER CONSIDERATIONS.
DAVIES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
96
DISTRIBUTION
102
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
ADDITIONAL
6
MR MACHIN ODA 2 COPIES
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MRS B FAIR VSU QUEEN ANNES GTE
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