DSR 11 (sed Sept 85)
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In Confidence
Thank you for your letter of 22 September, enclosing
one from US Congressman Norman Mineta about a visit to
Hong Kong by a representative of the Indochina Resource
Action Centre (IRAC).
The
I enclose a draft reply to Congressman Mineta.
visit has now taken place. The Chairman of the IRAC
has written to our Ambassador in Washington to express
his thanks to HMG and the Hong Kong Government for their
cooperation in organising the visit.
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In his letter Mr Mineta claimed that the IRAC was
being denied access to detention centres housing
Vietnamese boat people and to screening centres. In fact
the IRAC representative was able to visit all the
detention centres under the auspices of the US Consulate
General. The Hong Kong Government does not permit
outside agencies to have access to the interviews which
take place to determine whether boat people qualify for
refugee status. The understanding reached between the
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