TNAG-1793-FCO40-2553-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 126

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HUD 243/8

RESTRICTED

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MDLIAN 5393

RESTRICTED

FM HONG KONG

TO ROUTINE FCO.

TELNO 2300

OF 151030Z JUNE 88

JSIC

ADOS

INFO ROUTINE EC POSTS, STOCKHOLM, OSLO, HELSINKI, WELLINGTON INFO ROUTINE BERNE, BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, MANILA INFO ROUTINE JAKARTA, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, PEKING HANOI INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA

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YOUR TELNOS 132 AND 133 TO ATHENS AND 250 TO BANGKOK: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE : CHANGE OF POLICY

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY BRIEFED LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF ASEAN AND

EC/NORDIC/OTHER COUNTRIES ON THE CHANGE OF REFUGEE POLICY IN TWO SEPARATE SESSIONS ON THE AFTERNOON OF 15 JUNE, A COPY OF THE SPEAKING NOTE AS PER YOUR TURS WAS HANDED TO THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE BRIEFING.

2. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES WERE PRESENT AT THE

BRIEFINGS:

ASEAN

EUROPEAN

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MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, SINGAPORE AND INDONESIA

BELGIUM, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GREECE, ITALY LUXEMBOURG, NEW ZEALAND, NETHERLANDS, WEST GERMANY

THEIR REACTION WAS NEUTRAL. NONE OF THEM RAISED ANY QUESTIONS BEYOND

CLARIFICATION OF POINTS OF DETAIL.

3. COUNTRIES WHICH WERE UNABLE TO SEND ANY REPRESENTATIVES TO THE

BRIEFING INCLUDE : SWITZERLAND, SWEDEN, IRELAND, SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND NORWAY. SINCE ATION HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN IN CAPITALS WE DO NOT INTEND TO CONDUCT FURTHER SPECIAL BRIEFINGS FOR THESE COUNTRIES, BUT WILL MENTION THE MATTER TO THEM WHEN OCCASION ARISES.

WILSON

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