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9. If you are content that we should proceed on that basis, we shall tell the Vietnamese that we are ready for a second round of talks. By convention this should be in the other capital, London (or in Hong Kong). The Hong Kong Government are understandably concerned that the holding of the talks in the territory could give rise to unrest among those Vietnamese detained pending repatriation. I therefore believe we should be ready to offer London as the venue, recognising that this offers the Vietnamese a modest diplomatic gain and seeking to exert the maximum leverage in return. This would offer an opportunity for us to put across very forcefully our views on broader Vietnamese policies.
10. I am copying this minute to John Wakeham,
Nigel Lawson, George Younger, Douglas Hurd, David Young, John Belstead and Patrick Mayhew.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
2 September 1988
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