TNAG-1799-FCO40-2559-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-ex-China-Vietnamese-illegal-im-1988 — Page 95

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HUD 243/9

988

126110

MDHIAN 9170

19

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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 815

OF 25110OZ FEBRUARY 88

INFO DESKBY 26010OZ PEKING

& JSIG O

COL

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA

68

YOUR TELNO 504 : ECVIIS

WE ARE CONTENT

-

AGAIN.

2 =

THE SPEAKING NOTE AND ASSOCIATED MATERIAL WERE HANDED OVER TO

NCNA THIS AFTERNOON (25/2). THEY EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING OF THE

URGENCY OF THE MATTER AND OF THE PROBLEMS ECVIIS CAUSED FOR HONG

KONG. THEY UNDERTOOK TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE TO GUANGDONG AND REVERT

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

3. GRATEFUL IF PEKING COULD NOW ALSO TAKE ACTION ON SIMILAR LINES.

UNHCR WILL PROBABLY RAISE THE MATTER ON THEIR NET EARLY NEXT

4.

WEEK.

WILSON

YYYY

DISTRIBUTION

121

MAIN

118

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK

ECD (E)

LIMITED

SPD

HKD

FED

SEAD

UND

LEGAL ADVISERS

WED

SED

PUSD

ECD (I)

NEWS

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

PS MR EGGAR

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

MR SLATER

MR MCLAREN

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