TNAG-1279-FCO40-1630-Repatriation-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 29

Mr Donald

PS/Lord Belstead

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Mr Burrows, Legal Advisers)

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

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1.

Lord Belstead agreed at his meeting with the Governor of Hong Kong on 10 March to recommend to the Secretary of State that HMA Hanoi should approach the Vietnamese on the possibility

of forcible repatriation.

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I submit a draft minute. SEAD and UND concur.

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18 March 1983

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R D Clift

Hong Kong and General Department