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INFO FCO, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIDENEVA,
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INFO SAVING TO PARIS, OTTAWA
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YOUR TELNO 85: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM CHINA
1. FIRST SECRETARY CALLED ON MFA ON 25 MARCH AND SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED IN TUR. ZHENG YAOWEN (WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT) UNDERTOOK TO RELAY OUR CONCERNS TO THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AFFAIRS.
2. ZHENG EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE REACHED WITH UNHCR. HE MADE TWO COMMENTS:
(A) WHILE CHINA UNDERSTOOD OUR WISH THAT PREPARATIONS FOR REPATRIATION SHOULD NOW GO AHEAD WITHOUT DELAY, THERE WOULD STILL INEVITABLY BE DIFFICULTIES WITH REFUGEES WHO GAVE FALSE OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO RETURN TO CHINA,
(B) IF ANY FURTHER VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WERE APPREHENDED IN CIRCUMSTANCES SUGGESTING THAT THEY HAD EARLIER BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE HOHNG KONG POLICE TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THEM FOR TRANSMISSION TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES. THIS WOULD GREATLY ASSIST THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFICATION.
3. FCO PLEASE PASS TO SAVING ADDRESSEES.
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PS/MR RIDLEY LORD N.G. LENNOR
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MIL RUSHFORD
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