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PRIORITY INFO: UKMIS GENEVA AND HONG KONG.

LEEK'S LETTER TO WOOD OF 8 FEBRUARY: POLICY PAPER ON VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.

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1. WHILE I AGREE (PARAGRAPH 9) THAT IT MIGHT PROVE POSSIBLE

TO OPEN A DIALOGUE WITH THE VIETNAMESE ON REPATRIATION (BOTH

VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY) WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF OUR PRESENT

CONTACTS ON ODP QUESTIONS, WE SHOULD SURELY AVOID GIVING THE

IMPRESSION THAT WE WISH TO SEE AN ' IMPROVEMENT** IN THEIR

PRESENT ABILITY TO PREVENT TLEGAL DEPARTURES.IN VIETNAM'S

PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ''STEPS' REQUIRED TO LIMIT SUCH

EMIGRATION COULD ONLY TAKE THE FORM OF INCREASED POLICE

SURVEILLANCE OF, AND PRESSURE ON, ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL ILLEGAL

EMIGRANTS: IF IT BECAME PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT HMG WERE

DISCUSSING SUCH ''STEPS'',WE SHOULD BE ACCUSED, RIGHTLY,

OF CONNIVING IN THE PUNITIVE ACTIVITIES OF A POLICE STATE.I

WOULD THEREFORE PREFER TO SEE ANY REFERENCE TO SUCH AN APPROACH

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2.

IF THIS IS

ACCEPTED, WE MIGHT DELETE THE SECTION OF

PARAGRAPH 19 BETWEEN 'ODP(SEE PARAGRAPH TWO)' *' AND ''WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED'' AND REPLACE IT BY THESE MIGHT BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE QUESTION OF VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION''

CCN: ACCEPTED, WE MIGHT DELETE THE SECTION OF PARAGRAPH 19 ETC

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FCO PLEASE PASS UKMIS GENEVA HONG KONG

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