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DRAFT LETTER FROM PRIVATE SECRETRAY TO PS/NO 10
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VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS: ORDERLY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME (ORP)
In my letter of 16 April I said that we were instructing HM Ambassador in Hanoi to start formal discussions with the Vietnamese on the modalities of ORP II, the second phase of the ORP, involving the return of non-refugees who were already in Hong Kong when the programme was announced.
I attach the text of the paper finally agreed between the Ambassador and the Vietnamese together with that of a
side letter the existence of which will not be made
concerning
public) about a review of the programme after three
flights. If the Prime Minister agrees we would propose
authorise the Ambassador to sign these texts as soon as possible, and for announcements of the signature of the
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We propose to arrange for a PQ en "Dear Colleague" letter to be sent to all MPS and selected peers enclosing background on the ORP and offering fuller briefing on to members of the Foreign Affairs Committee and to MPs with a particular interest in Hong Kong and Vietnamese Migrants. Lattact & I attach timetable for our proposed public presentation together with the relevant texts. We shall also be informing in capitals those governments which support the UNHCR's Comprehensive Plan of Action which inter alia states that all non-refugees should return to their countries of origin.
I shall let
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you know the thinnings of the various public once we have authority to sign and
A date has been agreed.
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