TNAG-1793-FCO40-2553-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 22

378

RESTRICTED

¿ 1910 O ADOO COL 165031

HKD 243/8

MDLIAN 7407

RESTRICTED

FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 2402

OF 230645Z JUNE 88

INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, WASHINGTON

INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE OUR TELNOS 2388

575

Cop

376 2389

THE TEXT IN SECOND TUR (NOW COPIED WITH FIRST TUR TO BANGKOK) DOES NOT READ LIKE A FORMAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, BUT RATHER LIKE AN RTG ANNOUNCMENT. GRATEFUL IF BANGKOK COULD CONFIRM WHETHER THIS IS THE ACTUAL MOU TEXT OR, IF NOT, OBTAIN A COPY OF THE ACTUAL MOU FOR OUR REFERENCE.

2.

THE POINT ABOUT UNHCR FUNDING IS NOT COVERED IN THE TEXT, BUT WE HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY THAT ALL THE COSTS OF ESTABLISHING THE

VIETNAMESE PLATFORM AT SITE II WERE/ARE MET BY UNHCR OR UNBRO AS

UNHCR'S AGENTS.

WILSON

YYYY

DISTRIBUTION

128

ΜΑΙΝ

125

.VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK

SPD

LIMITED

FED

HKD

SEAD

NEWS

PS

UND

LEGAL ADVISERS

WED

SED

PUSD

ECD (I)

E CD (E)

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

PS MR EGGAR

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

MR SLATER

MR MCLAREN

1

PAGE RESTRICTED