CONFIDENTIAL
010135
MDHOAN 6422
OF THAT POLICY THERE WAS NO POINT IN VIETNAMESE LEAVING FOR HONG KONG. WE INTENDED TO INCLUDE NEWS ITEMS CONCERNING BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG IN THESE BROADCASTS. WE WOULD HAND TO THE VIETNAMESE RECORDINGS OF THE MESSAGES WE HAD BROADCAST TO THE VIETNAMESE SO THAT THEY COULD KNOW WHAT WE HAD BEEN SAYING.
6. LEAFLETS EXPLAINING IN VERY CLEAR TERMS WHAT OUR NEW POLICY WAS HAD ALSO BEEN INSERTED IN ALL LETTERS FROM THE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TO THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS IN VIETNAM. KHOANG CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD SEEN THESE.
7. IN RESPONSE TO OUR QUESTIONS, KHOANG CONFIRMED THAT THE VIET- NAMESE WERE CONTINUING TO TAKE ORGANISERS OF ILLEGAL DEPARTURES TO COURT. PARTRIDGE SAID THAT WHILE HE HAD SEEN ARTICLES IN HANOI REPORTING THE TALKS THE VIETNAMESE HAD HELD WITH US AND MALAYSIA, HE HAD NOT SEEN ANYTHING IN THE MEDIA WHICH EXPLAINED THE NEW HONG KONG POLICY. KHOANG SAID THAT THE VIETNAMESE HAD
ALTHOUGH REPORTS SENT INFORMATION ON THIS TO THE PROVINCES.
THEY SENT
ON THIS HAD NOT BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE NORTH, THEY HAD BEEN PUBLISHED IN LOCAL PAPERS IN THE SOUTH. CAN SAID THAT THE VIETNAMESE WERE DETERMINED TO STOP ILLEGAL DEPARTURES. PEOPLE TO CONVEY THIS MESSAGE AND THE MESSAGE OF HONG KONG'S NEW POLICY TO INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES ( WHERE PEOPLE HAD LEFT) AND ORGANISATIONS.
HOWE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
97
DISTRIBUTION
101
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
ADDITIONAL
4
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MR PATTEN ODA
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