TNAG-1793-FCO40-2553-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 108

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TO IMMEDIATE MOSCOW

TELNO 803

OF 151415Z JUNE 88

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI

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MDHOAN 8245

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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: CHANGE OF POLICY

1.

MINISTERS HAVE GIVEN AGREEMENT TO A CHANGE OF POLICY

TOWARDS VIETNAMESE BCAT PEOPLE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG. PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO BRIEF THE MFA AS SOON AS POSSIABLE AT AN APPROPRIATE

LEVEL USING THE SPEAKING NOTE IN MIFT.

2.

WE ARE REPEATING TO YOU OUR TELNO 133 TO ATHENS WHICH GIVES

FURTHER BACKGROUND ON THE CHANGE OF POLICY. UKMIS NEW YORK

TELNO 713 TO US REPORTS ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S DISCUSSION

ON THIS WITH SHEVARDNADZE ON 6 JUNE.

3.

WE HAVE ALREADY BRIEFED HANOI ON SIMILAR LINES. SEPARATELY WE HAVE BRIEFED THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES, UNHCR, AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF FIRST ASYLUM ON SIMILAR LINES TO THOSE IN OUR TELNO

133 TO ATHENS.

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HKD

SEAD

UND

60

DISTRIBUTION

60

NEWS

PS

MR

PS/LORD LGENARTHUR

GILLMORE

LEGAL ADVISERS

SOVIET

MR MCLAREN

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