TNAG-0896-FCO40-1106-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 231

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ROUTINE BONN

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 4 OF 14 AUGUST, 1979

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Hkk 243/1 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, 15 AUG 1979

.C.O, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, WASHINGTON, UKMIŞ GENEVA, FORMISTNEW.

RK AND SUBORDINATE POSTS OF CAPITALS ADDRESSED,

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MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 1131 AND BONN TELEGRAM NUMBER 4 NOT TO ALL) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.

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1. M.I.F.T. SETS OUT THE BACKGROUND ARGUMENTS AND INFORMATION YOU

REQUEST.

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2. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF POSTS WOULD DRAW FREELY ON THIS IN DISCUSSION, BUT NOT, PLEASE, HAND IT OVER VERBATIM (THOUGH FACTS

AND FIGURES CAN OF COURSE BE EXTRACTED FOR BRIEF NOTES, ETC. } THIS IS BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON THE DRAFT OF A PAMPHLET WHICH IS BEING PREPARED BY (AND WILL APPEAR WITHIN A FORTNIGHT OR SO UNDER THE IMPRINT OF) A HONG KONG CITIZENS' COMMITTEE** MADE UP OF THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, SERVICE ORGANISATIONS AND CHURCHES, WHO WILL DISTRIBUTE IT TO THEIR BRANCHES ABROAD, AND SEND COPIES DIRECT TO GOVERNMENTS UNDER COVERING LETTERS. WE VERY MUCH WELCOME THIS INITIATIVE BY THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, AND DO NOT WANT TO STEAL ITS THUNDER BY APPEARING TO PRREEMPT IT WITH ANY SIMILAR TEXT. SINCE HOWEVER THE FACTS AND ARGUMENTS IN MIFT MAY HELP PREPARE THE GROUND FOR THE PAMPHLET'S

OWN RECEPTION, WE ARE TELEGRAPHING THEM WITHOUT DELAY.

3. MR STUMPF'S GERMAN TOUR WILL PROBABLY BE PRECEDED BY A SIMILAR VISIT TO THE U.S,A, AND CANADA, WE WILL SEND DETAILS

WHEN KNOWN,

MACLE HOSE

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SIR A DUFT

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI.

MR MURRAY

MR SPRATTON

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MR FEROUSSON

MR VILAVELL

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