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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1107
OF 130815Z AUGUST 93
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AUG 1993
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AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
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MY TELNO 1092: EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
SUMMARY
1. CHINESE AT LAST CONFIRM THAT THEY WILL TAKE BACK THE ECVIIS AND SUGGEST DIRECT CONTACTS BETWEEN HKG AND MINISTRIES
OF CIVIL AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SECURITY TO ARRANGE QUICK
CHECKING OF IDENTITY AND EARLY REPATRIATION.
DETAIL
2.
AS ALREADY REPORTED BY TELEPHONE TO ACTING PA, HONG KONG, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA HKMAO, WANG GUISHENG, ASKED COUNSELLOR TO CALL THIS AFTERNOON (13 AUGUST). WANG SAID THAT HE WAS
INSTRUCTED TO RESPOND TO OUR RECENT REPRESENTATIONS AS FOLLOWS:
SINCE EARLY JULY A LARGE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE
AGAIN ARRIVED IN HONG KONG. SOME OF THEM HAVE COME FROM BEIHAI IN
GUANGXI. THE CHINESE GOVENMENT WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
THEY HAD ALWAYS OPPOSED THE MIGRATION TO THIRD COUNTRIES OR
TERRITORIES OF INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES ALREADY SETTLED IN OTHER COUNTRIES. THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WERE MAKING DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS AND HAD ALREADY TAKEN MEASURES TO STOP SUCH
MIGRATION.
AS FOR THOSE WHO HAD BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL FOLLOW ITS PREVIOUS APPROACH, IE FIRST TO EXAMINE
AND IDENTIFY SUCH PEOPLE AND THEN TO REPATRIATE THEM. AFTER
CONFIRMATION OF THEIR IDENTITY ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR THEIR EARLY REPATRIATION.
THE CHINESE CIVIL AFFAIRS MINISTRY AND PUBLIC SECURITY MINISTRY PLAN TO MAKE CONTACT DIRECTLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH THE RELEVANT HONG KONG DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS IN DETAIL ALL MATTERS OF CONCERN.
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