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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 09120OZ FCO
TELNO 2230
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OF 090345Z JUNE 88
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MDHIAN 2592.
YOUR TELNO 1480: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: OPERATION WATCHMAN
I AM CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT REPLY IN TUR, SUBJECT TO ONE POINT. IMMIGRATION POLICY IS A MATTER FOR THE HKG. IT WOULD LOOK ODD HERE
IF THE IMPRESSION WAS GIVEN THAT HMG HAD MADE THE DECISION THAT THERE
SHOULD BE A CHANGE OF POLICY. ON THE OTHER HAND, I RECOGNISE THAT IN AN AREA THAT INVOLVES INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, OUR PROPOSALS NEED TO BE APPROVED BY HMG.
2. I THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT THE THIRD SENTENCE SHOULD BE REDRAFTED
AS FOLLOWS:
(QUOTE) BUT IN VIEW OF THE RAPIDLY DETIORATING SITUATION, THE HKG, WITH THE APPROVAL OF HMG, HAS DECIDED THAT HONG KONG CAN NO LONGER TREAT ALL ARRIVALS BY BOAT FROM VIETNAM AS THOUGH THEY WERE REFUGEES
. (UNQUOTE).
3. I ASSUME THAT THE QUESTION WOULD BE ANSWERED ON 15 JUNE. GIVEN THE TIME DIFFERENCE THIS WOULD OF COURSE BE AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE AT APPROX 0730Z ON 15 JUNE.
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