TNAG-1273-FCO40-1623-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 110

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PA (MUK 243/1).

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HKK 243/1

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SONG. $1

12 APR 1983

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RR GOVERNOR HONG KONG

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONGAID 1545 29.3.83

TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONGKONG

TELNO HK580 OF 29 MARCH 1983

TO SECRETARY FOR SECURITY (FOR MR LEEKS) FROM HELEN YU, LONDON OFFICE

CC FCO/HKGD (FOR MR HOARE) FCO/SEAD (FOR MR SEGAR)

PUBLICITY ON VRS

RE YOUR TEL 473 OF 24.3.83, THE LATEST

DEGUSTRY

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PAT 1314183

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SITREP FOR BBC

USE WAS THAT DATED 16TH MARCH. THIS I HANDED TO MATTHEW SALISBURY, VIETNAMESE SERVICE PROGRAMME ORGANIZER, ON THE DAY OF RECEIPT (16TH) AS I HAPPENED TO BE GIVING HIM A BACKGROUND BRIEFING AND UPDATING.

2. OTHER MATERIAL WAS ALSO GIVEN HIM, EG INFO ADAPTING FROM MY NOTES FOR BRC AND JCRV MEETINGS, STATISTICS ON

ETHNIC ORIGINS.

FOR THE LATTER.

HE HAS SINCE BEEN PUT ON THE MAILING LIST

3. MATTHEW HAS JUST GONE ON LEAVE AND SO IT WILL BE A FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE CAN GET MORE PRECISE INFO AS

TO HOW, AND HOW OFTEN, BBC RUNS STORIES ABOUT VRS OR HK CLOSED CAMPS ON ITS VIETNAMESE SERVICE. THE BASIS ON WHICH WE HAVE BEEN SUPPLYING SITREPS TO BBC IS THAT WHETHER OR NOT THEY USE THE MATERIAL WOULD BE A MATTER FOR THEM BUT THAT IN ANY EVENT IT WOULD BE USEFUL BACKGROUND FOR THE VIETNAMESE SERVICE TEAM.

4. FROM MY REGULAR CHATS WITH LAWRIE AND THIS LATEST SESSION WITH MATTHEW, MY IMPRESSION IS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO FIND OUR INFO OF USE AND FROM TIME TO TIME FEED IT INTO THEIR TWICE WEEKLY 'SE-ASIA REVIEW'. ALSO, THEY STILL FEEL THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE PATTERN OF LISTENING IN VIETNAM, IE GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD AS WELL AS LISTENING HABIT.

5. ON THE LAST POINT, CHRIS SEGAR OF FCO/SEAD HAS UNDERTAKEN TO TRY AND GET SOME IDEA FROM HANOI.

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