TNAG-1800-FCO40-2560-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-principle-of-first-asylum-1988 — Page 259

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MDLIAN 4310

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FM WASHINGTON

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELNO 11

OF 022356Z MAY 88

HUD 243/11

1988

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INFO PRIORITY FCO, OTTAWA, HKGO_WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

YOUR TELNOS 10 AND 11: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: IRAC CONFERENCE

1. WE WILL BE GLAD TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS IN CONSULTATION WITH

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE HERE FOR THE DELEGATION TO MEET

ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESSIONAL CONTACTS ON 8-9 JUNE. THE

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE WILL ALSO ARRANGE FOR MRS FAN TO MEET

THE PRESS.

2. WE WILL LET YOU HAVE DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME NEARER THE

TIME.

BUT WE PLAN TO ARRANGE CALLS AS FOLLOWS:

(A) ON THE ADMINISTRATION, WE WILL AIM FOR AMBASSADOR MOORE

(ASSISTANT SECRETARY, BUREAU FOR REFUGEE PROGRAMMES, STATE),

SENIOR OFFICIAL FROM THE EAST ASIAN BUREAU AT STATE,

A

(IF POSSIBLE AMBASSADOR STAPLETON ROY THE DEPUTY

ASSISTANT SECRETARY) AND APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AT INS. (UNFORTUNATELY, A NUMBER OF SENIOR INS OFFICIAL S CONCERNED WILL BE AT A CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES ON THESE DATES, BUT WE HOPE TO ARRANGE A ROUND-TABLE SESSION WITH A NUMBER OF WORKING-LEVEL OFFICERS.)

(B) ON THE HILL, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE WILL TRY TO ARRANGE CALLS ON A NUMBER OF KEY CONGRESSMEN ON THE SUB-

COMMITTEES ON IMMIGRATION OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES AND THEIR STAFFERS AS APPROPRIATE.

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