TNAG-1274-FCO40-1624-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 67

TT HONG KONG

GRS 156

CONFIDENTIAL

TELELETTER

CONFIDENTIAL

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FROM R J F HOARE HKD

DATED 21 DECEMBER 1983

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FOLLOWING FOR C E LEEKS, SECURITY BRANCH, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,

HONG KONG

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. DAME ANNE WARBURTON HAS REPORTED THAT MOUSSALLI TOLD HER AT

A DINNER THAT THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES HAVE TOLD UNHCR THEY

ARE CONSIDERING INTRODUCING THE SCREENING OF VIETNAMESE

BOAT PEOPLE, WITH THE INTENTION OF RETURNING THOSE NOT QUALIFYING AS REFUGEES TO VIETNAM. HE SAID THAT HONG KONG WOULD

PLAN TO DO THIS WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES

WITH WHOM THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN IN CONTACT, AND THAT THEY HAVE

ASKED UNHCR FOR ITS VIEWS ON THE PROPOSAL.

2. WE ASSUME THAT UNHCR RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION FROM

SIMINGTON AFTER YOUR MEETING WITH HIM ON 25 NOVEMBER, AND THAT WE

WILL SOON RECEIVE FROM YOU A REPORT OF THE MEETING AND YOUR

PROPOSALS ARISING FROM IT AS PROMISED IN YOUR TELELETTER SRD 406/3/C

OF 13 DECEMBER TO OLIVIA WALKER.

SIGNED R J F HOARE, HKD

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