TNAG-1789-FCO40-2549-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-general-1989 — Page 177

1988-11-24 12:14 .SECURITY BRANCH

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Translation

2286/9/88

This statengut dated 2.

.1908 16 addressed to the Hong

Kong Governor from people who are concerned about huss rights of the Vietnamese Refugees and is signed by Madam 100 Kac-fung and 127 others,

The writers atute that Britain has been an accompli ́e in the invasion of Vietnan by the Great Powers: la 1045, Betala took over Vietnam from the Japanese forces and helped France re-establish ita sovereignty over Vietnam; during the American invasion of Vietnam betwe sa 1964 and 1975, Britain Allowed Amerirša troops to stop over in Hong Kong and provided them with supplies; from then on, itain and its allies have imposed a comprehensive economic sanction on Communist Vietnam, an important factor which makes it difficult for Vietpas ta rebuild its economy.

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