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HKB 011 13

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FM FCO

TO DESKBY 12010OZ HONG KONG

TELNO 2460

OF 11183OZ DECEMBER 89

INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING, HANOI

502

106716

MDHOAN 9422

TOP COPY Q DIST?

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: FAC EVIDENCE SESSION

1. IN PREPARATION FOR THE FAC MEETING ON 13 DECEMBER, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR DETAILS REGARDING THE FOLLOWING:

(A) A MAP (BY FAX) OF HONG KONG SHOWING ALL THE CENTRES WHERE

VBPS ARE HELD, INDICATING BOTH THE CURRENT POPULATION AND WHETHER THEY ARE REFUGEES, YET TO BE SCREENED VBPS, SCREENED OUT VPBS AND SCREENED IN VBPS.

(B) A MAP (BY FAX) INDICATING THE MOST COMMON ROUTES TAKEN BY

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN TRAVELLING FROM VIETNAM TO HONG KONG.

IF YOU HAVE ANY DETAILS OF THE APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGES TAKING THE DIFFERENT ROUTES, THESE WOULD BE HELPFUL.

(C)

AN UP TO DATE SITREP OF WHERE YOU HAVE GOT TO IN BUILDING NEW CAMPS, WHEN YOU EXPECT COMPLETION OF THE CAMPS, AND THE DESIGN CAPACITY.

(0)

ARE YOU GIVING THE FIRST BATCH OF INVOLUNTARY RETURNEES ANY POCKET MONEY? IF SO HOW MUCH USD 50, THE SAME AS THE UNHCR GIVE?

2. GRATEFUL IF THE ABOVE COULD REACH US DESKBY 12100OZ.

HURD

YYYY

DISTRIBUTION

120

ΜΑΙΝ

112

.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK

RMD

LIMITED

PS

HKD

SEAD

UND

LEGAL ADVISERS

PUSD

ECD (E)

PS/MR MAUDE

PS/MR SAINSBURY

PS/LORD BRABAZON

PS/MRS CHALKER

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

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