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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO 021625Z JUNE 79

TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK

TELEGRAM NUMBER 227 OF 2 JUNE.

HKK 2431

RECEIVED IN BOOKSZEM NO. E

- A JUN 076

DESK O.

AND TO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, WELLINGTON, FUALA LUMPUR, SINCAPORE, BANGKOK, JAKARTA, MANILA, IRONE, LUXEMBOURG

LUXEMBOURG THE HAGUE, PARIS, BONN, OTTAWA, BRUSSELS, COPENINGEN, MGN; Cha

COLOMBO

INFO UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR), MOSCOW, PEKING,

TOKYO, UKREP BRUSSELS, UKDEL NATO

SAVING HANOI.

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881

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883 YOUR TEL NO 547 (SINCE REPEATED TO OTHER POSTS):

INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES: PRIME MINISTER'S MESSAGE

1. WE SHALL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STRENGTHEN DR WALDHEIM'S

HAND. GRATEFUL IF HM MISSIONS IN COUNTRIES LISTED IN PARA 2

AS WELL AS OTHERS OF THE NINE, WOULD SPEAK AS RECOMMENDED TO HOST

COVERNMENTS, IN SUPPORT OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S PROPOSAL FOR

Bble (881)

$49

A CONFERENCE. THE TEXT OF MPS THATCHER'S LETTER OF 31 MAY TO

WALDHEIM IS AVAILABLE VIA THE RETRACT SERIES.

2. YOUR PARAGRAPH 2. FULLER BACKGROUND REQUESTED IN PARAGRAPH

6 CF YOUR TEL. UNDER REFERENCE WILL BE PROVIDED SHORTLY.

3. YOUR PARAGRAPH 3. WE ARE REPEATING SEPARATELY TO COLOMBO

FCO TEL NO 120 ABOUT THE BRIEFING OF ASEAN REPRESENTATIVES IN

LONDON ON 30 MAY WHERE WE SOUGHT TO ENLIST THEIR GOVERNMENT'S

HELP OVER THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. OUR HIGH

COMMISSIONER IN COLOMBO SHOULD MAKE USE OF THIS AS BACKGROUND

BRIEFING FOR ASEAN REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING THE NON-ALIGNED

COORDINATING BUREAU MEETING.

CARRINGTON

COPIES SENT TO N° 10 DOWNING

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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

FILES

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PS/MR HURD

PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS

SIRA DUFF SIR A PARSONS MR CORTAZZI .

MR LEAHY

MR MURRAY

RES: CLERK.

MR HILLARY

HOME OFFICE

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

MR WOODFIELD

HOME OFFICE

LUNAR HOUSE CROYDON

MR V MCGEE FAO OLA

CONFIDENTIAL

LONDON

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