TNAG-0793-FCO40-997-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 130

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FM HANOI 150135Z NOV 78

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 189 OF 14 NOVEMBER

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HKK 243/1

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INFO GOVERNOR HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, BANGKOK, KUALA.VED IN RISS! 740, 51

LUMPUR, SINGAPORE JAKARTA

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YOUR TELNO. 840 TO GOVERNOR, HONG KONG : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1 6 NOV 1973

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1. MOST OF THE POTENTIAL SUFFERERS FROM THIS NEW AND SERIOUS

REFUGEE PROBLEM ARE ASEAN STATES WHOM VIETNAM IS WOOING.

ALTHOUGH WE OURSELVES WOULD CUT VERY LITTLE ICE WITH VIETNAM

IF WE ATTEMPTED TO INTERVENE IN THE MATTER, ASEAN COUNTRIES ARE IN A MUCH STRONGER POSITION. COULD WE NOT THEREFORE CONSULT WITH THAILAND, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND INDONESIA, PERHAPS IN PREPARATION FOR THE FORTHCOMING UNHCR CONFERENCE AT GENEVA, TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE DONE?

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