CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 176
OF 25170OZ JANUARY 91
CONFIDENTIAL
HKC24114
RECE
29 JAN 1991
BY
10
160321
MDHOAN 6481
YOUR TELNO 281: BILL OF RIGHTS AND VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
RM 28/1
1. WE ARE FAXING TO FRANCES HO (CAB) TONIGHT A MINUTE FROM LEGAL ADVISERS DATED 24 JANUARY.
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2. AS YOU WILL SEE, THE PROVISIONAL CONCLUSION FROM THIS ADVICE IS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT/NOT PROCEED WITH YOUR PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS, AND IF YOU DISAGREE, FOR A COPY OF YOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (BY FAX) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (WE SHOULD, INCIDENTALLY, BE INTERESTED IN ANY INDICATION FROM YOUR FILES OF HOW THE 1982 DEBATE ABOUT LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS (PARAGRAPH 9 OF LEGAL ADVISER'S MINUTE) WAS RESOLVED AT THE TIME.)
3.
HRC COMMENTS: WE KNOW FROM OUR FILES THAT THE PROBLEM OF VBPS WAS RAISED DURING THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE'S
CONSIDERATION OF OUR SECOND PERIODIC REPORT IN 1988 (PARAGRAPH 9 OF LEGAL ADVISER'S MINUTE REFERS). WE HAVE NOT YET LOCATED A FULL ACCOUNT OF HRC'S COMMENTS. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD INSTIGATE A
FILE SEARCH AT YOUR END ALSO.
HURD
YYYY
MAIN
80
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
HEAD/FED
LEGAL ADVISERS
NEWS DEPT
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
80
PUSD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
MR MCLAREN
MR SLATER
MR BURNS
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