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FM HANOI
TO DESKBY 15093OZ FCO
TELNO 216
OF 15055OZ JUNE 88
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG AND BANGKOK
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YOUR TELNO 1532 OF 14 JUNE (.NOT TO BANGKOK):
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE CHANGE IN POLICY
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1. HMA IS CURRENTLY IN BANGKOK.
2.
ACCORDING TO RICHARD MOORE WHO ACCOMPANIED HMA
ON HIS CALL ON PHUONG ON 13 JUNE, THE LATTER SAID THAT THE SCREENING PROCESS WOULD FACE SOME PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES. REPATRIATION WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE VOLUNATARY AND SOME SORT OF RESETTLEMENT AID WOULD BE NECESSARY IF THE RETURNEES WERE NOT TO TAKE TO THE BOATS AGAIN. HMA STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ODP AND SAID THAT RECENT FIGURES WERE ENCOURAGING. PHUONG SAID THAT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAD
BEEN URGING LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES S TO SPEED UP THEIR PROCESSING OF ODP APPLICANTS.
3. PHUONG ASKED THAT SAME BRIEFING BE GIVEN TO
CONSULAR DEPARTMENT AND I HAVE A CALL SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON
PARTRIDGE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
41
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
PS
DISTRIBUTION
41
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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