TNAG-0884-FCO40-1094-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 143

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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.489 OF 25 APRIL,

INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA

ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.

REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM VIA CHINA.

THE LOCAL UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE HAS TOLD US THAT MR HARTLING RAISED THE QUESTION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES COMING TO HONG KONG VIA CHINA WITH SIR JAMES MURRAY ON 19 APRIL. GRATEFUL FOR REPORTN, IF NECESSARY BY TELEPHONE, ON 26 APRIL SINCE THIS QUESTION MAY BE RAISED BY AMBASSADOR CLARK, THE U.S REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, DURING HIS VISIT HERE.

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COPIES TO

PS/LORD GORONWY

ROBERTS

HK & GD

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UND

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PUSD

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IPD

NEWS D MVD

PS/MR LUARD

SIR A DUFD

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI MR LEAHY

HR MURRAY

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

LONDON

MR BURLEIGH

HOME OFFICE

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

MR BIRT

HOME OFFICE

LUNAR HOUSE

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