TNAG-0881-FCO40-1091-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 171

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FM FCO 1219912 FEB 79

TO IMMEDIATE MANILA

CONFIDENTIAL

TELNO 46 OF 12 FEBRUARY

INFO UKMIS GENEVA GOVERNOR HONG KONG

HKK

243/1

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INFO SAVING WASHINGTON CANBERRA OTTAWA HOANOI KUALA LUMPUR BANGKOK SINGAPORE JAKARTA

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MY TELNO 44: REFUGEES

1. IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES YOU MAY, AT YOUR DISCRETION, PUT THE POINT THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, IN DEALING WITH THE VIETNAMESE EXODUS, SHOULD BE COMBINING HUMANITARIAN ACTION WITH DETERRENTS AGAINST THE REFUGEE TRAFFIC. FOR EXAMPLE YOU COULD ASK WHETHER THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT HAVE CONSIDERED SIMILAR LEGAL ACTION TO DEAL WITH THE TUNG AN AS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TOOK IN CONNEXION WITH THE HUEY FONG, WITH THE POSSIBILE CONFISCATION OF THE VESSEL AND STIFF PENALTIES FOR THE MASTER AND OTHERS

INVOLVED IN ORGANISED REFUGEE RACKETS.

2. WE SHOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW REACTION OF PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ABOVE LINES,

OWEN

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PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS PS/MR LUARD

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MR CORTAZZI

MR LEAHY

MR MURRAY

COPIES TO

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE MR BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE

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LONDON

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE HOME OFFICE,

LUNAR HOUSE CROYDON