TNAG-0884-FCO40-1094-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 32

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FM MANILA 380230Z MAY 79

HKK. 243/1

633

No

-9 MAY 1909

BY

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 161 OF 8 MAY

CENEVA.

INFO JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, HONG KONG,

UKMİS

644

627

YOUR TELNO 094 (NOT TO ALL): ISLAND PROCESSING CENTRES.

1. I SPOKE YESTERDAY TO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER INGLES, FOLLOWING UP WITH AN AIDE MEMOIRE (COPIES BY BAG).

2. HE LISTENED CAREFULLY WHILST I STRESSED THE URGENCY OF THE PROBLEM

FOR HONG KONG BUT OFFERED NO COMMENT EXCEPT TO SAY THAT THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED CENTRES MIGHT BE USED BY THIRD COUNTRIES WAS ONE OF THE MATTERS FOR DECISION AT THE JAKARTA MEETING. HE REFUSED TO BE DRAWN ON PRESENT PHILIPPINE THINKING ABOUT THEIR OWN

ISLAND.

BENTLEY

FILES

UND

HKOG D

SEAD

FED

SAD

EID (E)

FUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D MVD

PS

PS/PUS SIR A DUFF

COPIES TO

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

MR BURLEIGH .

HOME OFFICE

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

SIR A PARSONS.

MR BIRT

MR CORTAZZI

MR LEAKY

MR MURRAY

MR. J.C.MOBERLY

HOME OFFICE

LUNAR HOUSE

CROYDON

MR MCGEE, FAO ODM

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