TNAG-1532-FCO40-2096-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-closed-camp-policy-1986 — Page 95

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UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG

TO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

LONDONS

TELNO 132

OF 04082OZ FEBRUARY 86

INFO ROUTINE FCO

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

04 FEB 1986

HEGISTRY

PA

Action Taken

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

FCO FOR LEEKS

YOUR TELNO HK107% VISIT OF LORD CHITNIS.

WE HAD HOPED THAT A HOUSING BRIEFING AND A VISIT TO SOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WOULD HAVE PLACED HONG KONG'S REFUGEE PROBLEM IN CONTEXT. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD GO BACK ON THIS TO MEIKLEJOIN, ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO (NO) NEED TO PERSUE IT TOO VIGOROUSLY.

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2. WE ARE NOT (NOT) SURE WHAT THE GROUP MEANS BY QUOTE FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS UNQUOTE. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CLARIFY.

3. UMELCO OFFICE IS UNAWARE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH LORD CHITNIS HAD MADE TO CALL ON MEMBERS. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CLARIFY.

4. MIFT CONTAINS A DRAFT PROGRAMME WHICH INCORPORATES THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND GIVES FURTHER DETAIL. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTY'S VIEWS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

5. WILL MEIKLE JOIN AND MRS. MINH NGUYEN BE STAYING AT BIANCHI LODGE

ALSO?

6. THE VISIT WILL ATTRACT MEDIA INTEREST. BUT WE PROPOSE TO ALLOW THE PARTY TO SEE THE OPEN AND CLOSED CENTRES WITHOUT BEING PESTERED BY THEM. IF LORD CHITNIS WISHES, WE CAN MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS EITHER AT ONE OF THE OPEN OR CLOSED CENTRES ON MONDAY 17 FEBRUARY. THE GI'S THEATRE WOULD BE MUCH BETTER, SAY, ON THE MORNING OF WEDNESDAY 19TH. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR LORD CHITNIS'S VIEWS ON PUBLICITY.

YOUDE

MINIMAL

HKD

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