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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2390
OF 220915Z JUNE 88
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
INFO PRIORITY HANOI
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INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, BANGKOK, JAKARTA, SINGAPORE INFO ROUTINE KUALA LUMPUR, WASHINGTON
YOUR TELNO 1604: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: DISCUSSIONS WITH
VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT ·
1 I RECOGNISE THE DIFFICULTIES OF TAKING EARLY ACTION TO
DISCUSS REPATRIATION WITH THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT. BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT, FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION WITH MINISTERS APPROVAL OF
A NEW POLICY THAT EVERY EFFORT SHOULD NOW BE MADE TO PERSUADE
THE VIETNAMESE TO ACCEPT BACK THOSE BOAT PEOPLE WHO ARE
CLASSIFIED AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE CAUTIOUS
APPROACH OUTLINED IN TUR WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO MEET THIS NEED.
THE UNHCR ARE UNLIKELY TO PUSH THE VIETNAMESE AS HARD AS WE WOULD
WISH. THIS IS ONLY TOO EVIDENT FROM THEIR RATHER GRANIOSE
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FAIRLY PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY HAVE
SO FAR HAD WITH THE VIETNAMESE.
2. I WILL DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT WITH LORD GLENARTHUR AND HIS PARTY
WHEN THEY ARE IN HONG KONG NEXT WEEK AND WILL THEN REVERT WITH
SOME MORE CONSIDERED VIEWS ON THE WAY AHEAD.
3. MIFT (NOT TO ALL) COMMENTS ON THE POINTS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE
RAISED WHEN LORD GLENARTHUR DURING HIS VISIT.
WILSON
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