TNAG-0890-FCO40-1100-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 133

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ADVANCES:

BOAT PEOPLE

PS

PS/LPS (2)

PS/KR HURD PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR LEAHY

HD/UND

17HK & GD

HD/KVD

HD/NEWS DEPT

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HD/SEAD

BD/N A D

HD/EESD

HD)/(1)

От

HONG KONG GOVERMENT OFFICE

LONDON

KR VODFIELD

(MR

MR BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE

KR

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

OM DIARYSHE OFFICE

LUNAR HOUSE CROYDON

MR V. McGee, FAO, ODA;

NO 10 DOWNING STR (2)

Is this the

RESTRICTED

FM HONG KONG 110722Z JUN

TO PRIORITY F.C.O.

TELEGRAM NUMBER 763 OF 11 JUNE, 1979

INFO PRIORITY TOKYO

to writealus

INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

INFO SAVING JAKARTA, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, BANGKOK

AND HANOI.

TOKYO TELNO 243 TO YOU

IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

PARA 3: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND

1. TOKYO MAY WISH TO PASS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO THE

JAPANESE:

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A. ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE ORIGINALLY FROM VIETNAM HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AMONGST THE HUGE NUMBER OF" ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS" FROM CHINA (OVER 14,000 ARRESTED IN MAY). THEY HAVE ALL BEEN RETURNED TO CHINA WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.

B. A SMALL NUMBER OF FORMER RESIDENTS OF VIETNAM HAVE ARRIVED LEGALLY FROM CHINA. THESE ARE PEOPLE ACCEPTED BY CHINA AS CHINESE CITIZENS WHO HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN GIVEN PASSPORTS OR EXIT PERMITS BECAUSE THEY HAVE OBTAINED ONWARD VISAS FOR THIRD COUNTRIES OR HAVE CLOSE FAMILY TIES IN HONG KONG.

FCO PASS SAVING JAKARTA, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, BANGKOK