SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1988
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DELEGATION RETURNS FROM HANOI
THE JOINT UK/HONG KONG DELEGATION HAD GONE INTO TALKS WITH THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT FOR HONG KONG'S BENEFIT, AND MUST SEE WHAT SORT OF PACKAGE CAN BE WORKED OUT FOR HONG KONG'S BENEFIT BEFORE DECIDING WHAT TERMS AND CONDITIONS MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT BE ATTACHED TO IT.
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THIS WAS STATED AT THE AIRPORT THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON BY MR RICHARD CLIFT, POLITICAL ADVISER AND LEADER OF THE UK/HONG KONG DELEGATION, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON FINANCIAL AID FOR VIETNAM.
MR CLIFT HAS JUST RETURNED TO HONG KONG, [OGETHER WITH THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR GEOFFREY BARNES, AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF TALKS WITH THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT OVER THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ISSUE.!
MR CLIFT SAID THE QUESTION OF FINANCIAL AID WAS NOT DISCUSSED IN DETAIL AND THAT The delegaTION HAD MADE ABSOLUTELY NO COMMITMENT ON THIS.
THE VIETNAMESE SIDE RAISED THE QUESTION of the POSSIBILITY OF RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE IN ASSOCIATION WITH REPATRIATION, BUT IT WAS NOT GONE INTO IN DETAIL, HE SAID.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON DIFFERENCES OF VIEW BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OVER WHO SHOULD BE REPATRIATED, MR CLIFT STRESSED THAT THE FIRST ROUND OF TALKS WAS BASICALLY FOR PRELIMINARY CONTACT.
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"WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE VERY CLEAR OUR VIEW THAT IF THERE BE A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, IT MUST COVER ALL THOSE WHO ARE SCREENED OUT AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SINCE THE JUNE 16 POLICY CAME INTO EFFECT.
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WE DO ATTACH A LOT OF IMPORTANCE ΤΟ THIS BECAUSE THIS 19 ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE
THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING IN ONE COUNTRY OR TERRITORY SHOULD GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
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*"THE VIETNAMESE QUITE UNDERSTAND OUR POINT OF VIRW. THEY ARE WILLING TO GO ON TALKING. BUT THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF POINTS WHICH ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT SORT OF PACKAGE CAN BE WORKED OUT.
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HAVING MET THEM AND TALKED TO THEM, I AM QUITE HOPEFUL THAT IN THE END WE SHALL GET A SOLUTION, HE SAID.
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ON WHETHER HE HAD ACHIEVED WHAT HE HAD HOPED TO ACHIEVE DURING THE TALKS, MR CLIFT SAID: "WE ACHIEVED JUST ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE, CERTAINLY AS GOOD AS WE EXPECTED FOR A FIRST CONTACT."
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