TNAG-1803-FCO40-2563-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-talks-between-the-UK--Hong-Kon-1988 — Page 296

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 2484

OF 23133OZ SEPTEMBER 88

INFO PRIORITY HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA

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YOUR TELNO 83: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: SECOND ROUND OF TALKS WITH THE VIETNAMESE: TIMING

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TUR.

2.

SUBJECT TO UKMIS GENEVA'S VIEWS WE ARE CONTENT WITH PARA 1 OF

ON TIMING, SINCE THE EXCOM MEETING IN GENEVA ENDS ON 10 OCTOBER WE SUGGEST 11-12 OCTOBER FOR THE TALKS, SETTING ASIDE 10 OCTOBER FOR ANY PREPARATORY WORK. WHILST THERE WILL BE NO OVERLAP BETWEEN OUR TEAMS FOR THE TWO EVENTS, THE VIETNAMESE DELEGATION MAY BE THE SAME AND THEY COULD THEREFORE COME STRAIGHT

ON TO LONDON AFTER THE EXCOM.

3. OUR TEAM WILL BE LED BY MCLAREN AND PROBABLY WILL ALSO INCLUDE COLVIN. FOR THE HKG ELEMENT, WE ARE CONTENT THAT BARNES AND CLIFT SHOULD BE JOINED BY ALLAN FUNG. THE FCO WILL PROVIDE A

NOTETAKER.

4. SUBJECT TO ANY FURTHER VIEWS WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF HANOI

WOULD AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME PROPOSE 11-12 OCTOBER TO THE VIETNAMESE, AND INFORM THEM OF THE COMPOSITION OF OUR TEAM.

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MR GILLMORE

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