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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON UKMIS GENEVA
HANO I
110
YOUR TELNO 886: VIETNAMESE UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
SEHHH-243/1982.
UNHCR HERE HAVE TODAY RECEIVED FROM THEIR HANOI OFFICE
A TELEGRAM REPORTING THAT THEIR REPRESENTATIVE WAS SUMMONED BY VIETNAMESE MFA AND INFORMED THAT FATHERS OF THREE MINORS HAVE ARRIVED IN HANOI FROM PROVINCES AND ARE DEMANDING TO KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN''. MFA HAVE REQUESTED OFFICIALLY THAT MINORS BE REPATRIATED BY UNHCR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. LATTER ARE SEEKING URGENT INSTRUCTIONS.
2. WE AWAIT THE REACTION OF UNHCR IN GENEVA TO THIS NEWS WHICH MAY CREATE SOME DIFFICULTIES FOR THEM IN THEIR DEALINGS WITH THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT. UNHC ARE NOW FACING A POSTITIVE REQUEST FOR REPATRIATION RATHER THAN ACQUIESCENCE
ON IT. WE THINK IT UNLIKELY, HOWEVER, THAT ANY OF THE DECISIONS ALREADY TAKEN ON THIS CASE WILL BE REVISED SINCE, WHATEVER THE WISHES OF THE PARENTS AS RELAYED BY THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT, THE CHILDREN REMAIN UNWILLING TO RETURN TO VIETNAM
MACLEHOSE
LIMITED
HK & GD SEAD UND PS/LPS PS/PUS
MR DONALD
COPIES TO:
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE,
MR SPENCE
LONDON
B.1.DIV. HOME OFFICE, LUNAR HOUSE
MR NICHOLSON
HOME OFFICE
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