CONFIDENTIAL
Mkn 243/22
RI
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1388
OF 03070OZ MAY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
2
AT 1990
5
031515
MDHIAN 3027
TOP COPY Q DIST ?
MY TELNOS 1355 AND 1386 AND YOUR TELNO 939: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE:
FURTHER ACTION
IN PREPARING FOR THE MEETING ON 4 MAY, MINISTERS WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT MORE THAN 200 (205) BOAT PEOPLE ARRIVED AGAIN YESTERDAY 2 MAY. WE HAVE BEEN WARNED BY MACAU THAT A FURTHER NEARLY 500 ADDITIONAL BOAT PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR WAY TODAY. THE SEASONAL TREND IN PARA 2 OF MY SECOND TUR IS THUS ALL TOO APPARENT.
2. ONCE AGAIN THESE SERIOUS FIGURES ADD FORCE TO THE URGENT NEED TO PRESS AHEAD WITH THE INITIATIVES RECOMMENDED IN MY TURS.
3. WE WILL COMMENT SEPARATELY ON THE PROPOSAL IN YOUR TELNO 940.
WILSON
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ΜΑΙΝ
96
DISTRIBUTION
102
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
ADDITIONAL
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
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