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134575 MDHOAN 8187
BY RETURN SO THAT WE CAN FINALISE A RESPONSE ON 15 JUNE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE GIVEN TO THE UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE HERE AND TO UKMIS GENEVA THE FOLLOWING HOLDING LINE WHICH WE SHALL USE
IN RESPONSE TO IMMEDIATE PRESS ENQUIRIES
BEGINS
HMG HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH UNHCR IN HONG KONG AND IN GENEVA ON THE SITUATION IN HONG KONG AND THE NEED TO TAKE EARLY MEASURES. UNHCR HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE HKG AND HMG ON THE SETTING UP OF NEW ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ENSURING THAT THE NEEDS OF GENUINE REFUGEES ARE MET. HMG APPRECIATE THIS HELP FROM UNHCR.
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6. WE HAVE NOW SEEN WASHINGTON TELNO 1498 WE UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU WILL NOT WISH TO DRAW ATTENTION TO A SCREENING PROCESS. THE US POINT WOULD BE MET IN ESSENCE BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND SENTANCE OF EACH NOTICE AS FOLLOWS: ADD QUOTE AS ECONOMIC MIGRANTS UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE HONG KONG UNQUOTE AND DELETE QUOTE ON ARRIVAL UNQUOTE. THE FINAL SENTANCE OF THE NOTICE FOR NEW ARRIVALS WOULD
ALSO NEED AMENDMENT.
ENDS
HOWE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
56
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADIVSERS
NEWS DEPT
ADDITIONAL
1
MR FI FOOT
(LEGAL ADV)
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
57
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
2
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