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G W Hewitt
South East Asian Dept
30 April 1992
PS/Baroness Chalker
PS/PUS
Sir J Coles
Special Advisers
Mr Ricketts, HKD
Mr Cornish, News Dept
Mr Calder, PRU
Mr Burns
PS/Mr Goodlad
Private Secretary
VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS: ORDERLY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME (ORP)
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Problem
1. HM Ambassador in Hanoi has reached agreement ad referendum with the Vietnamese on phase 2 of the Orderly Repatriation Programme, involving the return to Vietnam of illegal migrants who were already in Hong Kong before 29 October 1991. We need to alert No 10 and authorize the Ambassador to sign a modalities paper. We shall need to inform Parliament, the media and posts whose host governments support the UNHCR's Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA).
Recommendation
2. I recommend that Mr Williams is authorized to sign the modalities agreement for ORP II as soon as possible. I also recommend that the Private Secretary writes to PS/No 10 in the terms
of the attached draft. I submit:
a)
a draft press statement;
b)
a draft inspired PQ with supplementaries;
c) a draft telegram to CPA posts.
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