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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3136
OF 240345Z AUGUST 88
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INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, UKMIS GENEVA, KUALA LUMPUR
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YOUR TELNOS 2172 AND 2173: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG
1. WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT QUOTE NON-PAPER UNQUOTE
BUT WE THINK THAT THE VIETNAMESE VIEW ON VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION RECORDED AT THE END OF PARAGRAPH 4 SHOULD NOT GO WITHOUT A
COUNTERBALANCING COMMENT. WE SUGGEST THE ADDITION OF THE
FOLLOWING TO PARAGRAPH 4.
BEGINS
THE BRITISH/HONG KONG SIDE ARGUED THAT VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION ONLY WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND STRESSED THAT ANY PACKAGE TO
BE AGREED BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES WOULD HAVE TO BE BASED ON THE RETURN OF THOSE POST 16 JUNE ARRIVALS WHO HAD BEEN FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THE POINT WAS ALSO MADE THAT, UNDER INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE, SUCH PERSONS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IN THE SAME WAY THAT HONG KONG RETURNS CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
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