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FM HONG KONG 250735Z JUL 83

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1101 OF 25 JULY 1983

AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES BRUSSELS, GENEVA, WASHINGTON, NEW YORK AND FCO

FOR HKG REPRESENTATIVES

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

MY TELNO 832 TO FCO: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

LAST PARAGRAPH OF BACKGROUND (MULTILATERAL APPROACH TO VIETNAM) IS NOW OUT OF DATE AND SHOULD BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:-

OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS MULTILATERAL APPROACH TO VIETNAM.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION, HMG HAS BEEN CONSIDERING WITH RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES (IN WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, CANBERRA AND PARIS), AND WITH UNHCR IN GENEVA, THE POSSIBILITY OF A MULTILATERAL APPROACH TO THE VIETNAMESE AIMED AT REDUCING THE OUTFLOW FROM VIETNAM AND IMPROVING THE RATE OF DEPARTURE UNDER THE ORDERLY DEPARTURE PROGRAMME. RE- CETTLEMENT COUNTRIES HAVE ALSO AGAIN BEEN URGED TO TAKE MORE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. IN THE LIGHT OF THESE APPROACHES CAREFUL CONSIDERATION IS NOW BEING GIVEN TO THE NEXT STEP CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS.

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