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TELELETTER REF: SRD 406/2/C
OF 21074OZ OCTOBER 85
INFO TELELETTER WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK
Grid G. Nash,
SEAS.
IFCORRI
FROM: D.G. JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, HONG KONG
FOLLOWING FOR: MISS 0. WALKER HKD/ FCO
COPIED TO: S.J. GOMERSALL, ESQ., WASHINGTON
W. DORWARD. ESQ., NEW YORK.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
MKK zu 3/2 RECEIVED, REGISTRY
22 OCT 1985
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PARA. ↳ OF WASHINGTON'S TELELETTER OF 15 OCTOBER 1985, OUR
EXPERIENCE SUGGESTS THAT VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION WILL NOT (NOT)
PROVIDE A DURABLE SOLUTION FOR OUR VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEMS. IN
RESPONSE TO OUR PROBINGS, REFUGEES HERE HAVE GIVEN NO INDICATION
THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO RETURN VOLUNTARILY TO VIETNAM. THE
DANGERS AND HARDSHIP INVOLVED IN GETTING TO HONG KONG DICTATE A
MUCH HIGHER REWARD.
2. A FURTHER FACTOR IS THE ATTITUDE OF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT.
ALTHOUGH SINCE 1978 14 PERSONS HAVE VOLUNTARILY ASKED TO BE SENT
BACK AND HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY VIETNAM. OF THE FOUR APPLICATIONS
SUBMITTED TO THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT SINCE 1983 THE VIETNAMESE
GOVERNMENT HAS STILL NOT REPLIED IN RESPECT OF THREE, DESPITE
REPEATED REMINDERS BY THE UNHCR. AND HAS RECENTLY REJECTED ONE
WITHOUT GIVING REASONS.
SIGNED: D.G. JEAFFRESON
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