CONFIDENTIAL
076060
MDHIAN 0232
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELNO 1041
OF 130925Z APRIL 92
AND TO IMMEDIATE
HANOI
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS
HANOI TELNO 228: VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS: VISIT OF VU KHOAN:
SUMMARY
ORPII
VU KHOAN INDICATES VIETNAMESE AGREEMENT TO PROCEED WITH ORP II ON A TRIAL BASIS. NO/NO DIRECT LINKS MADE WITH CASH FROM HONG KONG. WE RECOMMEND HMA HANOI PUT TO THE VIETNAMESE PROPOSALS TO START A TRIAL SCHEME (SAY 3 FLIGHTS) AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
DETAIL
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ASPREY HELD A SMALL DINNER FOR VU KHOAN ON 11 APRIL. VAN LEEUWEN WAS PRESENT. ON VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, ASPREY TOLD VU KHOAN THAT ORPI HAD WORKED VERY WELL, EFFECTIVELY PUTTING AN END TO NEW ARRIVALS. OUR OBJECTIVE NOW WAS TO MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION BY FURTHER ORP FLIGHTS. BUT WE HAD NO ONE LEFT TO RETURN UNDER ORPI.
3.
VAN LEEUWEN SAID THAT UNHCR WERE CONCERNED THAT, WITHOUT FURTHER ORP FLIGHTS, THE MOMENTUM OF VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION WOULD SOON FLAG. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN 1000 VOLUNTEERS IN APRIL. THEREAFTER THE FIGURES WERE LIKELY TO BE MUCH LOWER, AS FEW NEW VOLUNTEERS WERE NOW COMING FORWARD.
4. VU KHOAN SAID THAT IT HAD NOW BEEN DECIDED IN HANOI THAT WE SHOULD MOVE ON TO THE 'NEXT STAGE''. THIS WOULD BE ON A TRIAL BASIS, SAY 2 OR 3 FLIGHTS. WE COULD THEN REVIEW PROGRESS. VIETNAM CONTINUED TO FACE SERIOUS REINTEGRATION PROBLEMS: BUT THERE WAS NO/NO LINK BETWEEN THIS DECISION AND POSSIBLE NEW INITIATIVES TO HELP WITH REINTEGRATION. THE VIETNAMESE WANTED ORP TO SUCCEED AND WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION. WE SHOULD NOW/NOW ASK HMA HANOI TO APPROACH THE VIETNAMESE ON THE DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRIAL ORPII SCHEME.
5. ASPREY SAID THAT WE TOO WELCOMED STARTING ORPII ON A TRIAL
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