TNAG-1797-FCO40-2557-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 281

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FM HANOI

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

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OF 14050OZ SEPTEMBER 88

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG AND UKMIS GENEVA

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HONG KONG TELNO 3419 TO YOU: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE

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1 I WOULD THINK THAT THE LATEST DATES (WEEK BEGINNING 10 OCOTOBER)

NOW SUGGESTED BY HONG KONG WOULD BE THE BEST TO AIM AT AS FAR AS

THE VIETNAMESE ARE CONCERNED: THEY ARE NOTORIOUSLY INCOMPETENT IN

ORGANSISING VISITS ABROAD EVEN FOR QUITE SENIOR PEOPLE.

2. WHEN ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER PHUC CAME TO DINNER ON 12

SEPTEMBER I INDICATED THAT WE SHOULD SHORTLY BE PROPOSING

DATES FOR A MEETING SOON IN LONDON. HE MERELY NOTED THE POINT.

3. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT I MAY NOW APPROACH THE

VIETNAMESE I SHALL NEED SOME DETAILS OF WHAT HMG WILL OFFER BY WAY OF ACCOMMODATION AND HOSPITALITY.

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MR GILLMORE

MR SLATER

MR MCLAREN

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