TNAG-1425-FCO40-1908-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-general-1985 — Page 30

11

RESTRICTED

186)

Detrtek fomf.

243/5.

GRS 150

RESTRICTED

FM UKMIS GENEVA 170925Z MAY 85

TO ROUTINE FCO

2)

TELNO 198 OF 17 MAY

zl pa

ра

AND TO INFO ROUTINE: HONG KONG, BANGKOK,

HANOI.

HONG KONG TELNO 926 TO FCO: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. UNHCR HAVE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE THAI GOVERNMENT'S

AGREEMENT TO SCREEN NEW LAO ARRIVALS TO DETERMINE THOSE WHO SHOULD

PROPERLY BE CONSIDERED AS REFUGEES OF CONCERN TO THE INTERNATIONAL

COMMUNITY. UNHCR WILL HAVE AN OBSERVER ROLE AND EXPECT THE

PROCEDURE TO BE IN EFFECT BY MID-1985. UNHCR IS CURRENTLY

DISCUSSING PROCEDURES AND THE NECESSARY SAFEGUARDS WITH ALL

PARTIES. THEY POINT OUT THAT A WORKABLE ARRANGEMENT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE THE SAFE AND ORDERLY RETURN TO

THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF ALL THOSE WHO ARE NOT CLASSIFIED

AS REFUGEES.

2. COPY OF HARTLING'S LETTER OF 3 MAY CONTAINING DETAILS IS BEING FAXED TO YOU AND HONG KONG.

MOSS

BOAT PEOPLE

LIMITED

SEAD

HKD

UND

FED

NEWS D MAED PS

PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

MR GOODALL

MR O'NEILL

MR WILSON

SIR W HARDING

MKK 243/5

RECEIVED IN RÜGISTRY

23 MAY 1985

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

PA

✓

·

REGISTRY

Action Taken

схе

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT

ADVANCED

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

RESTRICTED

Page 30Page 31

.....