SECRET
FM HANOI
SECRET
HKB
243 112
000653
MDHIAN 1814
RECEIVE
24 JAN1990
TO DESKBY 10090OZ FCO
TELNO 12
OF 10054OZ JANUARY 90
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.
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YOUR TELNO 76: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: STRATEGY FOR 1990
1. YOU MIGHT LIKE TO BEAR IN MIND THAT DURING THE DISCUSSIONS HELD HERE BY LORD ENNALS AND MR RAISON, IT HAS BECOME CLEAR THAT ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEMS
OF REINTEGRATION RELATES TO FISHERMEN WHO NO LONGER HAVE BOATS (SINCE THEY WERE USED TO TRAVEL TO HONG KONG AND WERE LEFT THERE) AND THEREFORE HAVE NEITHER ACCOMMODATION NOR THE MEANS TO EARN A LIVING WHEN THEY RETURN TO VIETNAM. IT MIGHT THEREFORE GENERALLY, BUT PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF A SPEEDY TURN-ROUND, BE USEFUL TO KEEP THE BOATS AVAILABLE EITHER FOR THE RETURN PASSAGE OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OR FOR SEPARATE RETURN TO VIETNAM, PERHAPS AFTER REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT.
DAVIES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
63
DISTRIBUTION
66
VIETNAMESE REPATRIATION
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
FED
NEWS D
PS
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR BLATHERWICK
MR MCLAREN
MR MOSS
MR BEAMISH
ADDITIONAL
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