TNAG-1796-FCO40-2556-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 237

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FROM: CO Hum, Hong Kong Dept

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DATE:

25 August 1988

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-6 SEP 1988

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PS/Lord Glenarthur

PS/Mr Patten

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Mr Gillmore minute

Private Secretary

PS/Mr Eggar

PS/PUS

Mr Fifoot, Legal Advisers

Mr McLaren, o/r

Mr Colvin, SEAD

Mr Williams, UND

Mr Graham-Harrison, ODA

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: DISCUSSIONS WITH THE VIETNAMESE

Problem

1.

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We have had one inconclusive round of discussions with the

Vietnamese on the problem of boat people in Hong Kong. What should

be the next steps?

Recommendation

2. I recommend that the Secretary of State minute the Prime

Minister and colleagues:

to report on progress:

to propose a strategy for a second round of talks, in London: and to secure agreement in principle that limited

re-integration assistance, channelled through UNHCR, may be

offered if necessary to underpin a comprehensive repatriation

programme.

3.

I submit a draft. UND, SEAD and the ODA concur.

COHAFH

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