CONFIDENTIAL
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AN ADDITIONAL POINT TO TAKE UP WITH VIETNAMESE WOULD BE THE QUESION OF SPEEDING UP OF PROCESSING OF VOLUNTARY
REPATRIATION CASES. IT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR HMA HANOI TO HAVE A CASE LIST OF ANY HONG KONG REFUGEES EXPRESSING WISH TO RETURN TO VIETNAM AS SUGGESTED IN PARA 5 OF
# HANOI TELNO 268 OF 29 SEPTEMBER 1987 TO FCO. (ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOTED KINH'S NEGATIVE REACTION IN HANOI TELNO 24
TO YOU OF 19 OCTOBER).
THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT THAT HMA HANOI MIGHT VISIT HONG KONG AGAIN (PARA 3 OF YOUR TELNO 3555 OF 22 SEPTEMBER 1987).
ASEAN
WE HAVE NOTED YOUR APPROACHES TO ASEAN COUNTRIES ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A TOUR OF THE REGION TO DISCUSS DURABLE SOLUTIONS.
SUBJECT TO ASEAN RESPONSES IN HONG KONG AND YOUR VIEWS, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ARRANGE MEETINGS IN CAPITALS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE EXPECTS TO VISITING MALAYSIA, BRUNEI AND SINGAPORE IN EARLY APRIL (STILL CONFIDENTIAL: PLEASE PROTECT) REFUGEES WILL BE ON THE AGENDA. EC/ASIA WORK ING GROUP
NEXT AWG ON 17/18 FEBRUARY. WE ARE SEEKING TO PLACE REFUGEES ON THE AGENDA AND WILL BE PREPARING THE GROUND
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FOR DISCUSSION BY A COREU TELEGRAM REINFORCED BY A PARALLEL APPROACH IN CAPITALS.
USSR
WHILE
SECRETARY OF STATE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT MONTH. OTHER ISSUES WILL PREDOMINATE, CAMBODIA WILL BE ON THE AGENDA, AND WE WILL BRIEF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO RAISE OUR CONCERNS OVER VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN THIS CONTEXT. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON THE AREAS OF ACTION ABOVE. ARE THERE OTHER AVENUES WHICH YOU FEEL WE COULD USEFULLY EXPLORE?
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