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MDHOAN 7945

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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK

TELNO 250

OF 1015OOZ JUNE 88

SIG O

ADOO HOL

AND TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, MANILA

AND TO IMMEDIATE JAKARTA, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA

MKD 243

+3/8

OUR TELNOS 132 AND 133 TO ATHENS

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: CHANGE OF POLICY

1. SPEAKING NOTE FOR USE WITH ASEAN COUNTRIES.

2.

(A) (C) AS IN SECOND TUR

(D) AS IN SECOND TUR, LESS FINAL SENTENCE (E)-(J) AS IN SECOND TUR

THIS

(K) WE WILL KEEP IN TOUCH ON EFFECTS OF THE NEW POLICY.

IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR HONG KONG AND ALMOST ALL ASEAN STATES.

(L) AS IN (K) OF REF A

(M) WE HOPE THAT YOU AND YOUR ASEAN PARTNERS WILL ALSO

PARTICIPATE IN EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT A CHANGE IN VIETNAMESE

POLICIES WHICH ARE THE CAUSE OF OUR COMMON PROBLEM, AND IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU WILL PRESS VIETNAM TO ACCEPT THE RETURN OF THOSE

WHO ARE NOT REFUGEES UNDER SUITABLE SAFEGUARDS FOR THEIR RETURN.

(THIS POINT COULD BUILD ON THE EC/ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DECLARATION AT THE 2-3 MAY DUESSELDORF MEETING, REPORTED IN FCO TELNO 172 TO UKREP BRUSSELS).

BACKGROUND NOTE

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AS IN SECOND TUR

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