Mr Burns
PS/Mr Goodlad
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Dy Markain
G W Hewitt
South East Asia Department
15 April 1992
PS/Mr Lennox-Boyd
PS/PUS
Sir J Coles
Special Advisers
Mr Cornish, News Dept
Mr Ricketts, HKD
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Mr Pellew, NAD
Private Secretary
VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS : ORDERLY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME (ORP)
Problem
A 1. The Vietnamese have signalled that they are now prepared to make
a start on the next phase of repatriating from the camps in Hong Kong the screened-out" who do not volunteer to return to Vietnam.
need to consult No 10.
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Recommendation
2. I recommend that the Private Secretary writes to PS/No 10 in the
terms of the attached draft. HKD, News Dept and NAD concur.
Background and Argument
3.
The Governor in Hong Kong has reported that during his recent
transit of Hong Kong Vu Khoan, the Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister,
who has been our principal interlocutor in Hanoi on Vietnamese
Migrants, said that his government was now prepared to proceed with
further repatriations on a trial basis, and that HM Ambassador in
Hanoi should approach them to discuss details.
GH2ACN