TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 41

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 3 OF 27 SEPTEMBER, 1979

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, UKMIS GENEVA AND BANGKOK,

YOUR TELNO 2: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES EX HONG HONG.

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1. THIS IS AN UNPROMISING START, AND WE MUST HOPE THAT THINGS WILL SETTLE DOWN. MEANWHILE WE THINK IT BEST TO KEEP THE PROBLEM FIRMLY ON THE UNHCR NET, UNHCR HERE (WHO ARE IN TOUCH WITH GENEVA ABOUT THE POINT) SAT IN ON ALL INTERVIEWS FOR THIS GROUP, AND ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE QUITE CLEAR TO

THE REFUGEES CONCERNED.

2. WE TRUST THAT TALK OF "'RETURNING REFUGEES IS NO MORE THAN LATIN OVER-REACTION. (THESE REFUGEES ARE OF COURSE NOT HONG KONG CITIZENS OR PROPERTY THEY ARE PART OF A WORLD PROBLEM, WHICH IT WILL REQUIRE PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING TO SOLVE).

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