TNAG-1798-FCO40-2558-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 102

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FM HANOI

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

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OF 0210OOZ DECEMBER 88

AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA

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1.

TITLE:

AGREEMENT ON THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION OF VIETNAMESE

FROM HONG KONG.

A) TO IMPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT REACHED IN LONDON ON 12 OCTOBER

1988 BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SRV AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF BRITAIN AND HONG KONG..

B) ON (DATE LEFT BLANK) REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONSULAR DEPARTMENT OF THE VIETNAMESE MFA AND THE UK EMBASSY IN HANOI

AGREED THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

2. TITLE: THE HANDING OVER OF LISTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR

REPATRIATION.

B)

A THE BRITISH SIDE WILL PASS VIA THE UNHCR OFFICE IN HANOI TO

THE VIETNAMESE SIDE LISTS OF VIETNAMESE WHO HAVE

VOLUNTEERED TO RETURN TO VIETNAM TOGETHER WITH APPLICATION FORMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS LIKE THE ATTACHED EXAMPLE (EXAMPLE NOT

ATTACHED).

B) THE VIETNAMESE SIDE WILL BATCH BY BATCH PASS TO THE BRITISH SIDE AND UNHCR OFFICE IN HANOI LISTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN

ACCEPTED BY THE VIETNAMAL GOVERNMENT FOR REPATRIATION.

3. TITLE: PROCEDURES FOR THE ORGANISATION OF REPATRIATION.

A) THE VIETNAMESE SIDE WILL SEND 3 OR 4 OFFICIALS TO HONG KONG

TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THOSE VIETNAMESE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR REPATRIATION. THE LOCATION FOR DOING THIS WILL BE ARRANGED

BY THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES.

B. THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES WILL CREATE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS TO WORK, WILL ARRANGE FOOD AND ACCOM-