TNAG-1794-FCO40-2554-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 56

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MDHIAN 6929

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TO IMMEDIATE FCO

FM HANOI

TELNO 262

OF 13050OZ JULY 88

HKD 243/8

RECEIVED IN

GISTRY

12 JUL 1988

FICER

PA

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AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE INFO IMMEDIATE JAKARTA, MANILA, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, WASHINGTON INFO IMMEDIATE CANBERRA, OTTAWA, TOKYO, PEKING

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HONG KONG TELNO 2680 OF 12 JULY:

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE

1. VIETNAMESE NOW SAY THAT THEY CANNOT POSSIBLY MANAGE 18-20 JULY

AND THEY WILL SOON REVERT WITH FRESH DATES FOR PERIOD AFTER UNHCR

VISIT.

2. WE ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT WEEK BEGINNING 25 JULY AT EARLIEST BUT

I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THERE IS FURTHER DELAY. I THINK OUR

RAPID RESPONSE TO THE INVITATION FOR TALKS HAS TAKEN THE VIETNAMESE

BY SURPRISE.

PARTRIDGE

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129

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126

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK

SPD

LIMITED

FED

HKD

SEAD

UND

LEGAL ADVISERS

WED

SED

PUSD

ECD (I)

NEWS

PS

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

PS MR EGGAR

PS/MRS CHALKER

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

MR SLATER

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