CONFIDENTIAL
FM HANOI
TO DESKBY 04120OZ FCO
TELNO 284
OF 04110OZ AUGUST 88
CONFIDENTIAL
AND TO DESKBY 04120OZ HONG KONG
TOP COPY Q DIST ?
HKD 243/8
RECEIVER
4 AUG 1988
FICER
PA
oner
INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK, SINGAPORE, MANILA, JAKARTA
Ai u raken
INFO PRIORITY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA
135071
MDHIAN 9436
INFO PRIORITY OTTAWA,TOKYO, PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR
MIPT
TEXT OF PRESS STATEMENT BEGINS:
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH AND HONK KONG GOVERNMENTS AND OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM MET IN HANOI ON 3 AND 4 AUGUST TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ENTRING HONG KONG. THE MEETING TOOK PLACE IN AN OPEN AND FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE.
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BOTH SIDES AGREED THAT WHILE THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CAUSES OF THE OUTFLOW FROM VIETNAM WERE COMPLEX,REALISTIC AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO BRING IT TO AN END WERE URGENTLY REQUIRED. THEY FURTHER AGREED THAT ANY SOLUTION WOULD NEED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF INTERNATIONAL LAWS, NATIONAL LAWS AND THE REALITIES OF THE SITUATION FOR BOTH SIDES.
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHCH REPATRIATION ON A HUMANITARIAN BASIS MIGHT TAKE PLACE AWERE CONSIDERED. BOTH SIDES AGREED FURTHER TO CONSIDER THE ISSUES URGENTLY, WITH A VIEW TO ANOTHER MEETING SOON AT WHICH PRACTICAL DECISIONS COULD BE TAKEN.
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