SECRET
FM
HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2239
OF 091007Z JUNE 88
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNO 154 TO UKMIS GENEVA AND OUR TELNO 2206 : VIETNAMESE
BOAT PEOPLE : CHANGE IN POLICY
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY BRIEFED UNHCR CHARGE DE MISSION ON LINES OF SPEAKING NOTE IN SECOND TUR, AS AMENDED BY FIRST TUR, YESTERDAY (8 JUNE). HE HANDED HIM A COPY OF THE NOTE, POINTING OUT THAT PARALLEL ACTION WAS BEING TAKEN BY UKMIS GENEVA WITH UNHCR HQ.
2. KARIM TOOK NOTE, BUT SAID THAT HE COULD NOT RESPOND OR PARTICIPATE IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS WITHOUT FIRST RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS FROM GENEVA. GRATEFUL IF UKMIS GENEVA WOULD IMPRESS UPON UNHCR THE NEED TO SEND INSTRUCTIONS TO THEIR HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE WOULD HOPE TO BE ABLE TO REFER TO UNHCR'S APPROACH OF OUR SCREENING PROCESS, PLUS OUR WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW THEM TO MONITOR IT, WHEN WE MAKE OUR ANNOUNCEMENT ON 15 JUNE.
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MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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