4
HKB
SWED
CONFIDENTIAL
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BY
GEAPR 1990 NOT?'
112441
MDLIAN 8564
CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKMIS GENEVA
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 227
OF 22113OZ MARCH 1990
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY HANOI, LISBON
·
3
YOUR TELNO 606 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNOS 991 AND 992: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: MACAU
1. VIEIRA DE MELLO (UNHCR) IS LIKELY TO VISIT MACAU FROM HONG KONG WHILE HE IS IN HONG KONG NEXT WEEK. HE IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG LATE ON 23 MARCH, LEAVING AGAIN ON THURSDAY 29 MARCH. IN HONG KONG HE WILL BE STAYING AT THE RAMADA RENAISSANCE HOTEL.
2.
VIEIRA DE MELLO HAS ALSO EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN TO US ABOUT MACAU'S ATTITUDE TO VBP ARRIVALS AND COULD SERVE AS A USEFUL INTERLOCUTEUR WITH THE MACAU AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S APPROACHES. (HONG KONG TELNO 991).
WE SUGGEST THEREFORE THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BRIEF VIEIRA DE MELLO FULLY ON HIS ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG ON THEIR RECENT APPROACH TO MACAU, IF POSSIBLE GIVING HIM A COPY OF THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S LETTER.
3.
VEREKER
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
123
ΜΑΙΝ
113
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
RMD
LIMITED
PS
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
PAGE
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/MR SAINSBURY
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
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