TNAG-1788-FCO40-2548-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-general-1988 — Page 101

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TELELETTER 243/1

OF 29034OZ SEPTEMBER 88

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FROM: SARAH O'CONNELL, KUALA LUMPUR

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FILE REFERENCE : 243/1, DATED 29 SEPTEMBER 1988 TO : JD DENNIS ESQ, SEAD, FCO

COPIED TO: CHANCERIES HONG KONG, BANGKOK, HANOI

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

MALAYSIA

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MDTTAN 2347

AG 27/0

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Mr Humn (HKD))

Hvin Mr Dennis

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29/1

1. WHILST ANTHONY CARY AND I WERE CALLING ON AMBASSADOR YAHYA BABA, THE UNDER-SECRETARY RESPONSIBLE FOR SOUTH EAST ASIA AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO DISCUSS FIJI WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENQUIRE ABOUT VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. MOST OF WHAT HE TOLD US HAS BEEN REPORTED ELSEWHERE: HOWEVER HE DID SAY THAT A TEAM OF

VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS WOULD BE VISITING MALAYSIA SOON, POSSIBLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. HE SAID THAT THE VIETNAMESE WERE KEEN TO VISIT THE CAMPS TO TRY AND PERSUADE THE REFUGEES TO RETURN

ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT SAY WHETHER THE MALAYSIANS WERE WILLING TO LET THEM.

SIGNED: SARAH O'CONNELL

Perks of O. Comell should have asked!

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