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DD 270830Z GEMIS
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CONFIDENTIAL
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TO DESKBY 270830Z UKMIS GENEVA
TELNO 418
OF 261725Z NOVEMBER 86
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
@ DIST
1680 1
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1.
IN HIS MEETING ON 25 NOVEMBER WITH MR RENTON, THE
GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG REFERRED TO THE INCREASING CONCERN IN HONG KONG ABOUT THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM (HONG KONG TELNO 3940, NOW BEING REPEATED TO YOU, SETS OUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG). SIR E YOUDE STRESSED THAT THIS COULD SOON ESCALATE INTO A DISPUTE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND HMG, UNLESS WE MAKE AN EARLY
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WHAT WE INTEND TO DO TO HELP RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
2.
WE ARE DRAFTING A SUBMISSION FOR MINISTERS ON THIS, BUT ARE CONSTRAINED BY THE RELATIVE LACK OF HARD INFORMATION ON THE
IGC MEETING LAST MONTH. THE REPORT BY DIX OF THE AUSTRALIANS'
ACCOUNT OF THE MEETING IS USEFUL, BUT WE SHOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE, IN PARTICULAR THE (ELUSIVE)
PAPER WHICH HOCKE TABLED AT THE MEETING.
SINCE WE NEED TO SUBMIT TO MINISTERS VERY SOON, GRATEFUL
REPLY DESKBY 280930Z.
3.
HOWE
BOAT PEOPLE
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
WED
UND
FED
NEWS D MAED
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/MR EGGAR
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR WILSON
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
MR BRAITHWAITE CONFIDENTIAL
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