TNAG-1797-FCO40-2557-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 146

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My Dear (FRA

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Me W/% ля More Mits

FROM: D H Colvin

South East Asian Department

DATE: 17 August 1988

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нко 24318

-40CT 1988

cc:

Private Secretary PS/Lord Glenarthur PS/Mr Patten

PS/Sir J Fretwell Mr McLaren o.r. Heads of:

HKD

Soviet Department FED

Policy Planning Department Defence Department

ECD (E)

Mr Graham Harrison, ODA Mr Walker, Research

Department

HM Ambassadors in:

Hanoi

Bangkok

Jakarta

Kuala Lumpur Manila

Singapore

Rangoon

Bandar Seri Begawan Mr Clift, Political Advisor, Hong Kong Mr Ricketts, Washington Miss Bailes, Peking

Mr Gillmore

VISIT TO HANOI AND HONG KONG

1.

2.

(a)

A full report of my visit is attached.

The main conclusions are as follows:

Repatriating Vietnamese Boat People in Hong Kong (paragraphs 7-9)

We

Vietnamese agreement to discuss repatriation (and the decision to withdraw from Cambodia) is part of a wider strategy to improve relations with other regional countries and regain international respectability. should be able to exploit this to persuade the Vietnamese to accept a workable repatriation scheme, including in due course involuntary returnees. But

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