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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1642
OF 070804Z OCTOBER 88
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG HONG, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNO 2618 TO HONG KONG : VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG : PREPARATIONS FOR FORTHCOMING TALKS
1. WHILE IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT ANY BROADCASTS OF THE SORT REFERRED TO
BY THE VIETNAMESE WILL HAVE ORIGINATED IN CHINA, WE HAVE NO HARD
EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT.
2. IT IS NOT CLEAR FROM WHAT THE VIETNAMESE SAID AT THE FIRST ROUND
OF TALKS WHETHER THE BROADCASTS WERE A THING OF THE PAST OR WHETHER THEY WERE CONTINUING. IF THE LATTER IS THE CASE, THIS WOULD SEEM TO
FLY IN THE FACE OF:
(A) A PRESUMED CHINESE DESIRE NOT TO ATTRACT EVEN MORE VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES TO CHINA:
(B) DECLARED CHINESE CONCERN ABOUT THE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM IN HONG
KONG:
(C) PUBLIC CHINESE URGING OF THE VIENAMESE ''TO STOP THE SITUATION THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO FLEE TO OTHER AREAS AS REFUGEES AND ADOPT PRACTICAL MEASURES TO TAKE THEM BACK'' (MY TELNO 1400): AND
(D) CHINESE BROADCASTS IN VIETNAMESE OF NEWS OF THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY HKG TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM (PARA 1 (B) OF MY TELNO 1392).
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