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MDLIAN 7228

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FM DUBLIN

TO PRIORITY

TELNO 327

FCO

OF 22145OZ JUNE 88

INFO PRIORITY HONG

KONG

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA

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HONG KONG TELNO 2380: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG

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1. DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT IS PROPOSED.

MS BARRINGTON WAS GIVEN SPEAKING NOTE BASED ON FCO TELNO 133 TO ATHENS. SHE SAID THAT THE IRISH GOVERNMENT COULD NOT PUBLICLY SUPPORT A POLICY UNDER WHICH ''REFUGEES'' WERE SENT BACK TO VIETNAM

(SEMICOLON) SHE SAID LATER THAT THEY COULD NOT SUPPORT ''ANYBODY''

BEING SENT BACK.

2. FCO PLEASE PASS TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

THORP

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)

ADDITIONAL

MRS WYETH ODA

3

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

PS MR EGGAR

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

MR SLATER

MR MCLAREN

HKGO LONDON

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