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FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1297
OF 010603Z AUGUST 88
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, HANOI, UKREP HONG KONG
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1 AUG 1988
HONG KONG TELNO 2868 (NOT TO UKREP JLG):
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
1. IN THE LIGHT OF TUR, I ASKED RIORDAN TO SPEAK TO THE MFA TODAY, 1 AUGUST, ABOUT THE CONTINUING PROBLEM.
2. RIORDAN DULY SPOKE TO MISS DU MING OF WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT. IN DOING SO, HE RECALLED THE ARRIVAL FIGURES FOR APRIL, MAY AND JUNE: GAVE HER THE FIGURES IN PARA 1 OF TUR: DESCRIBED THE INCREASING CONCERN WHICH THE INFLUX HAS CAUSED: AND ASKED WHEN THE MFA MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE A FORMAL RESPONSE TO BE DEMARCHE TO JIANG ENZHU ON 12 JULY (MY TELNO 1216)
2. IN RESPONSE, MISS DU, WHO WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM, ASKED RIORDAN TO LET HER HAVE THE ARRIVAL FIGURES IN WRITING AND ASSURED HIM THAT WE WOULD RECEIVED THE RESPONSE PROMISED BY JIANG AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
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