TNAG-0894-FCO40-1104-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 231

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HKK 243,

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TO FCO LONDON

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CONFIDENTIAL UK COMMS ONLY

SIC TELNO 98

TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 98 OF 13 JULY

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PAYS

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AND TO INFO IMMEDIATE UCMIS GENEVA, UCMIS HONG KONG UCMIS GENEVA TELNO 307 OF 13 JULY: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES 1. ROGERS, MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS AND HEALTH AND HIS PERMENANT SECRETARY, THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN A POSITION TO DISCUS DETAILS, ARE IN ANTIGA FOR A CARIBBEAN HEALTH MINISTERS CONFERENCE AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE IN BELIZE UNTIL MONDAY 16 JULY. THEREAFTER, PROVID- ING YOU AGREE, DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE IN SAN JOSE AND LIMA AND THE BELIZE GOVERNMENT CAN GO AHEAD

2. PLEASE INFORM UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE THAT THIS OFFER BY BELIZEAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC IN BELIZE. ANY CONTACT AND DISCUSSION ON DETAIL SHOULD THEREFORE BE CARRIED OUT ON A

CONFIDENTIAL BASIS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS WS ARE IN THE RUN UP TO A GENERAL ELECTION

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