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TO DESKBY 12123OZ FCO
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OF 12105OZ DECEMBER 88
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
MIPT: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: ECVIIS:
TEXT OF 1987 UNDERSTANDING
BEGINS
THE GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG DELEGATIONS HAVE AGREED, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF FRIENDSHIP, ON THE FOLLOWING SEVEN POINTS OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE REPATRIATION AND HANDING BACK VIETNAMESE REGUGEES WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY SETTLED IN MAINLAND CHINA AND HAVE RECENTLY ENTERED HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
1 THE GUANGDONG SIDE WILL TAKE BACK THOSE VIETNAMESE WHO HAVE
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SETTLED IN MAINLAND CHINA AND HAVE ENTERED HONG KONG ILLEGALLY WHEN SUCH PERSONS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED AS HAVING SETTLED PREVIOUSLY IN MAINLAND CHINA: IF THEY ARE NOT CONFIRMED AS HAVING SETTLED IN MAINLAND CHINA, THEY WILL BE TAKEN BACK BY HONG KONG.
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2. REPATRIATION AND HANDLING OF THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY SETTLED IN MAINLAND CHINA WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ACCORDING TO PROCEDURES AGREED AT THIS MEETING IN AN ORDERLY AND RAPID MANNER. THE GUANGDONG SIDE WILL TAKE THESE PERSONS IN STAGES AND IN GROUPS ACCORDING TO LISTS PROVIDED BY THE HONG KONG SIDE. THE GUANGDONG SIDE WILL TRY ITS BEST TO CHECK PROMPTLY THE LIST OF NAMES PROVIDED BY THE HONG KONG SIDE AND TAKE BACK THESE REFUGEES WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.
3. IF, AMONG THESE SENT BACK, THERE ARE MAINLAND RESIDENTS WHO ARE CLOSE RELATIVES OF VIETNAMESE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY SETTLED IN CHINA, THEY WILL BE RETURNED TO CHINA AT THE SAME TIME. ORDINARY MAINLAND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ENTERED HONG KONG ILLEGALLY WILL BE RETURNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1974 AGREEMENT BETWEEN GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG.
4. THE REFUGEES SENT BACK WILL BE PERMITTED TO TAKE PERSONAL ARTICLES
ONLY FOR THEIR DAILY USE. THEY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO TAKE BACK DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR OTHER PROHIBITED ARTICLES.
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