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PHI/HKG/HCR/0142 20MAY86

RE EX-CHINA CASES IN REGION/REGION AND IN PHI.

PRIMO PROBLEM EX-CHINA CASES BECOMING INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND POLITICALLY HIGHLY SENSITIVE AND NO LONGER LIMITED ONLY/ONLY TO HKG AND PHI. WITH RESCUE-AT-SEA OF 47 SUSPECTED EX-CHINA CASES BY NIKKEI CENTRAL (REPORTEDLY INCLUDING PAX SPEAKING ONLY CHINESE AND CHILDREN CONFIRMED BY HKG IMMIGRATION AS BORN IN CHINA AFTER 1980 -- TWO ASPECTS WHICH WE FOUND VERY CONCLUSIVE/CONCLUSIVE IN OUR OWN | EXPERIENCES IN PHI), PROBLEM HAS THUS QUOTE INFECTED UNQUOTE JAPAN

AND RASRO. WE FEEL IT IMPERATIVE/IMPERATIVE THAT SAID GRP 47 IN JAP BE IDENTIFIED RAPIDLY BY UNHCR TO GOJ AS QUOTE SUSPECTED EX-CHINA CASES UNQUOTE AND ALL/ALL FURTHER RASRO PROCESSING BE HALTED/HALTED IMMEDIATELY AND THAT HQS ENSURES UNHCR POLICIES FOLLOWED IN JAP FOR SUSPECTED EX-CHINA CASES ARE TOTALY CONSISTENT AND CONSEQUENT WITH THOSE BEING FOLLOWED IN HKG AND PHI. POLITICAL AND ADMIN PROBLEMS IN JAP ARE NO/NO DIFFERENT THAN THOSE IN PHI AND GOP. GOP WILL BE WATCHING GOJ ACTION/REACTION CAREFULLY.

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SECUNDO TO COMPLICATE MATTERS, WE HAVE NOW ABSOLUTE CONFIRMATION THAT ONE NEWLY-ARRIVED GROUP VNDPS (GRP 13, VIGAN) PASSED BY HKG IN 1985/1985 ON BOAT 2137 DEPARTING HKG 7NOV85 WITH 34 PAX AND WERE AMONG/AMONG THE 1642 SUSPECTED EX-CHINA CASES STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR UNTIL NOW. MEMBERS GRP 13 VIGAN REPORTEDLY SAY THEY HAVE BEEN IN TAIWAN PAST 6 MOS. BEYER PROCEEDING PERSONALLY TO VIGAN OVER WEEKEND 24-25 MAY INORDER GATHER ADDL INFO. IF LENGTHY STAY TAIWAN CONFIRMED, IS IT POSSIBLE MOST REMAINING 1629 ALSO STILL THERE? IF SO, TAIWAN GOVT MOST LIKELY VERY DEEPLY INVOLVED CARE/MAINTENANCE DURING STAY TAIWAN. MEANWHILE, GOP BEING INFORMED UNHCR CANNOT REQUEST CUSTODY SAID 13 PERSONS WHO BEING LEFT ALONG PHI COAST IN CARE GOP AS DONE WITH GRP 55 APARRI LAST MONTH (MNL/6309 DTD 21APR86 REFERS).

TERTIO WE HAVE COMPUTERIZED ALL/ALL HKG IMMIGRATION LISTS OF VNDP VOL DEPARTURES FROM HKG IN 1985 AND RUN THIS LIST IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER FOR EASY COMPARISON WITH OUR LISTS ALL/ALL NEWLY ARRIVING REFUGEES. ALPHABETICAL LIST THEN CROSS-REFERENCED WITH HKG BOAT NUMBER. COPIES SAID LISTS BEING FORWARDED HQS+TO ALL BOS IN REGION FOR EASY COMPARISON AGAINST NEW-ARRIVALS, ESPECIALLY RESCUE-AT-SEA AND MERCY-SHIP OPERATIONS. (UNHCR MANILA)

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