TNAG-0894-FCO40-1104-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 251

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FM HONG KONG 130733Z JUL 79

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 989 OF 13 JULY

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HKK243

INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, ROUTINE PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA,

UKMIS NEW YORK, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.. INFO SAVING HANOI.

PEKING TEL NO 636 AND WASHINGTON TELNO 1912: VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES.

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PAMOS

1. WE HAD NOT REALISED THAT THE AMERICANS HAD GONE SO FAR WITH THE CHINESE IN DISCUSSIONS ON A REPROCESSING CAMP IN CHINA.

2. A REPROCESSING CAMP WHICH WAS NEAR HONG KONG AND LOOSELY ADMINISTERED MIGHT ADD TO OUR PROBLEMS SINCE THOSE THERE COULD WELL TRY TO MOVE ON TO HONG KONG. OUR IMPRESSION FROM THE TELEGRAMS IS THAT THE CHINESE ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE KEEN ON A REPROCESSING CAMP. NEVERTHELESS, JUST IN CASE THEY DO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THE IDEA, WE HOPE THE AMERICANS CAN FEED INTO THEIR THINKING THE POINT THAT ANY SUCH CAMP SHOULD BE PLACED WELL AWAY FROM HONG KONG.

FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING HANOI.

MACLEHOSE

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FILES

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HK & GD

UND

FED

EESD

NAM D

SAD

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D M & VD

PS PS/LPS

PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

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