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TO DESKBY 31100OZ FCO
TELNO 188
OF 310915Z MARCH 88
NIT
HUD 243/8 нит
I APR 1988
YOUR TELNOS 888 AND 851 TO HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. THE MEETING WITH FRENCH PROVIDED THE FIRST INDICATION THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT THE THAIS MAY BE CONSIDERING A REGIONAL
APPROACH. THE PROPOSED SEMINAR APPEARS TO BE AN MFA INITIATIVE WITH FINANCIAL BACKING FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION. WE ARE NOT
SURE HOW SERIOUSLY TO TAKE IT AS OTHER DEPATMENTS SUCH AS MINISTRY OF INTERIOR KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
2.
INFLUX OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES APPEARS TO HAVE DECLINED
OVER LAST MONTH. THE THAIS MOVED THE FIRST BATCH (230 PEOPLE) OF VIETNAMESE BOAT ARRIVALS FROM KAMPUT CAMP TO SITE 2 ON 16 MARCH, AND ARE EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY MOVE ALL THOSE VIETNAMESE CURRENTLY IN CAMPS IN TRAT AND OTHER SOUTH EASTERN PROVINCES. UNBRO APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GO AHEAD
TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE CAMP IN SITE 2 (SOUTH) FOR ALL VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ALONG THE LINES FORECAST BY UNHCR COUR TELNO 168).
ΤΟΝΚΙΝ
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
121
MAIN
118
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK
ECD (E)
LIMITED
SPD
HKD
FED
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
WED
SED
NEWS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
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