CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1324
OF 040709Z AUGUST 88
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE HANOI
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CONFIDENTIAL
MY TELNO 1317: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
TOP COPY Q DIST ?
611
134112
MDLIAN 7394
HKD 243/8
REC
IND
-4 AUG 1988
OFFICER
PA
On
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1. DURING A COURTESY CALL BY HOARE ON WANG YIHAO WED MFA, ON 4 AUGUST, THE LATTER MENTIONED RIORDAN'S RECENT ACTION WITH THE MFA AND REPEATED THE ASSURANCES ALREADY GIVEN (PARA 2 OF TUR).
2. HOARE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPEAT THE DETAILS OF RECENT ARRIVALS AND REGISTERED MINISTRIES' CONCERN. HE HANDED OVER THE HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT NOTICE (AS AMENDED BY YOUR TELNO 709) ASKING THE
CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO DO WHAT THEY COULD TO MAKE ITS CONTENTS KNOWN.
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3. WANG SAID THAT, AS QIAN QICHEN HAD TOLD THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN NEW YORK, THE CHINESE FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE BRITISH POSITION. WANG UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES BUT
WITH FISHERMEN AND OTHERS WHOSE ACTIVITIES WERE HARD TO CONTROL. HE
A SKED WHAT RESPONSE THERE HAD BEEN TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S
APPROACH TO CO THACH IN NEW YORK AND HOW THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DELEGATION WAS FARING IN HANOI. HOARE CONFESSED THAT HE WAS
UNSIGHTED ON THIS.
COMMENT
4. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE MFA HAVE VOLUNTEERED ASSURANCES ON THIS SUBJECT, AND CONFIRMS MY VIEW THAT THERE IS LITTLE TO BE GAINED BY PRESSING THEM AGAIN AT PRESENT.
DONALD
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