CONFIDENTIAL #3
For decision
on
January 1990
PROBLEM
FILE.
XCC ( )
copy No.
33
MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE : STRATEGY FOR 1990
HKB 24315.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
30 JAN1990
DESK CICER
INDEX
Since the introduction
A
REGISTRY
Action Taken
scree
creening in June
1988, more than 44,000 boat people have arrived in Hong
Kong bringing the camp population to more than 56,000.
Although the Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA) agreed in
Geneva in June 1989 represents progress towards a long
term solution, there has been no international agreement
its full implementation,
repatriation of all non-refugees.
on
a real possibility that there
influx during the summer of 1990.
strategy for strengthening the
including mandatory
Without this, there is
will be a further major
This paper outlines a
deterrent message while
remaining within the framework of the CPA.
G.F. 316
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