TNAG-1793-FCO40-2553-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 96

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COMMENT

RESTRICTED

FM ATHENS

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELNO 240 LY

OF 170544Z JUNE 88

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA

HID

243/8

REL

17 JUN 1988

YOUR TELNOS 132 AND 133:

ใน

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG

SPEAKING NOTE LEFT WITH APPROPRIATE MFA POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. MANOLOPOULOS TOOK NOTE OF OUR REQUEST FOR PUBLIC SUPPPORT (K). RESETTLEMENT (L) AND HELP IN PERSUADING THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES TO ACCEPT RETURNING REFUGEES (M). HE AGREED TO CONSIDER PUBLIC SUPPORT. BUT HELD OUT NO PROSPECT OF ACTION ON THE OTHER TWO POINTS.

2. WE HAVE PUT DOWN A MARKER THAT YOU MAY WISH TO DISCUSS THIS QUESTION AT THE ASIA WORKING GROUP MEETING ON 6 JULY.

THOMAS

YYYY

MAIN

57

LIMITED

HKD

SEAD

UND

NEWS DEPT

10

LEGAL ADVISERS

6

PS

7

PS/MRS CHALKER

1

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

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PS/PUS

1

MR GILLMORE

1

MR MCLAREN

1

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