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FM UKMIS GENEVA
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 300
OF 261518Z MAY
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNOS 142, 144 AND 149: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: TIMETABLE
1 ACTION TAKEN THIS MORNING BY HEAD OF CHANCERY WITH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES.
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2. DEWEY TOOK CAREFUL NOTE AND WOULD TREAT MATTER AS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. HE WISHED TO REPORT THE POSITION TO HOCKE BEFORE GIVING ANY UNHCR RESPONSE. HE COMMENTED, HOWEVER, ON A PERSONAL BASIS THAT POLICY OPTIONS BEING CONSIDERED BY HONG KONG WERE A
DEPARTURE FROM PROCEDURES FOLLOWED SINCE 1979. ON QUESTION OF SCREENING, HE WELCOMED REAFFIRMATION THAT ALL ARRIVALS WOULD BE LANDED AND GIVEN SAFE HAVEN AND THAT RETURN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO
VIETNAM WOULD REQUIRE PROPER SAFEGUARDS (PARA 1 (F) OF TELNO 142). HE
TOOK NOTE OF OUR INTENTION TO DISCUSS ANY CHANGE OF POLICY IN HONG
KONG FORMALLY WITH UNHCR AND WITH OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES.
3. HOCKE'S TRAVEL PLANS HAVE NOW CHANGED. ON BASIS OF CURRENT COMMITMENTS, HE IS LIKEY TO BE IN GENEVA FROM 1 10 JUNE. HE WILL BE IN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
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MR MCLAREN
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