TNAG-1797-FCO40-2557-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 318

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TO DESKBY 131100Z MOSCOW

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UKMIS NEW YORK TELNO 713, FCO TELNOS 803 AND 804: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: GILLMORE'S MEETING WITH ROGACHEV.

1. A MINUTE WHICH I SENT YOU ON 9 SEPTEMBER UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT

REACH SEAD UNTIL AFTER YOUR DEPARTURE. THE MINUTE GAVE

YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON OUR PREVIOUS DEALING WITH THE RUSSIANS

ON THIS SUBJECT.

2. ESSENTIALLY THE BACKGROUND IS THAT WE HAVE TWICE RAISED THE

QUESTION IN RECENT MONTHS, ONE OF THESE AT FOREIGN MINISTER LEVEL. TURS CONTAIN DETAILS OF THESE DEMARCHES.

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3. GRATEFUL IF IN ORDER TO REINFORCE THESE DEMARCHES GILLMORE

COULD BE BRIEFED TO RAISE THE MATTER AT THE MEETING WITH ROGACHEV.

WE NEED TO PRESS THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT TO IMPRESS UPON THE

VIETNAMESE THE IMPORTANCE OF:

A) TAKING EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO STOP THE OUTFLOW OF BOAT

PEOPLE: AND

B) ACCEPTING THE RETURN OF ALL THOSE WHO ARE NOT GENUINE

REFUGEES.

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