TNAG-1427-FCO40-1910-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-general-1986 — Page 74

FM PAR-S

TO TELELETTER FCO

TELELETTER NFR

OF 221955Z OCTOBER 85

ref.

Comes..

23/10

hake tu 323 Thes. Wright Inf?

(BBC section)

AND TO TELELETTER HONG KONG, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA,

AND TO TELELETTER BANGKOK.

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FROM

FOLLOWING FOR

COPUES TO

: G.H.FRY, CHANCERY, PARIS.

SUBJECT

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: S.T.NASH ESQ., (SEAD FCO.

: S.ST ESQ, SECURITY BRANCH HONG KONG.

M.J.H.WOOD ESQ., HANO.

S.J.GOMERSALL ESQ., WASHINGTON.

B.D.ADAMS ESQ. UKMS GENEVA.

P.L.BEAND ESQ., BANGKOK.

Phwall

for with reffel.

av.

: YOUR TELELETTER TO B.D.ADAMS (UKMIS GENEVA) OF

16 OCTOBER: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

FA 243/548/2 o

1. PARIS TELNO 891 (NOT TO ALL) RECORDED THE OUTCOME OF A CALL ON MARCHAND (DUMAS CABINET) BY WOODHOUSE (HONG KONG GOVERNMENT; MY APOLOGIES TO HIM FOR THE TRANSMISSION ERROR WHICH TURNED HIM HINTO

1 BACKHOUSE''). THE QUESTION OF THE FRENCH MERCY SHAP CAME UP DURING THAT CONVERSATION. MARCHAND WAS CLEARLY DEFENSIVE ABOUT HIT. HE FREELY ADMITTED THAT, REPORTS CHIRCULATHING ABOUT THE FRENCH SHIP IN VIETNAM HAD ENCOURAGED REFUGEES TO LEAVE. THE DEPLOYMENT: OF THE SHIP HAD BEEN THE INITIATIVE OF THE NGO, MEDECINS DU MONDE, AND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. (BY IMPLICATION APPROACHED AT A HIGH POLITICAL LEVEL) HAD FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO REFUSE THEIR COOPERATION. THE CORVETTE HAD BEEN SENT, TO ENSURE GOOD ORDER.

2. HONG KONG WERE ALERTED EARLY ON (BY THE BRUSSELS OFFICE) TO THE BBC VIETNAMESE SERVICE BROADCAST, AND FROM CONVERSATION WITH WOODHOUSE RECEIVED THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS WAS TAKEN UP AT THE THME WITH THE BBC. THE REFUSAL OF THE PHILIPPINES TO OFFER A TRANSMIT. CENTRE TNS APPARENTLY LARGELY DUE TO UNHAPPY EXPERIENCES DURING THE

CHARCOT'S MISSION.

3. COPY BY BAG TO N.FRENCH ESQ., HKGO, BRUSSELS.

SIGNED G.H

G.H.FRY

MKX243/15

RECEIVED IN KEGLTRY

11 DEC1985

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