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OUR TELNOS 2923, 2953 AND 2994: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: MR MAUDE'S
VISIT TO HONG KONG.
TWO VIETNAMESE MATTERS WHICH I SHALL WISH TO RAISE WITH MR
MAUDE DURING HIS VISIT ARE:
1.
(A) OUR REQUEST FOR FURTHER UK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: AND
(B)
2.
THE UK RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME FOR VRS.
ON 1 (A) OUR FIRST TUR SETS OUR CAPITAL COST REQUIREMENTS OF 26.1 MILLION STERLING, OUR POSITION ON RECURRENT EXPENDITURE AND THE REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRED FROM THE UNHCR. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
TO KNOW WHERE THIS NOW STANDS. MR MAUDE MAY WELL ALSO BE ASKED
BY OMELCO OR IN PUBLIC ABOUT FURTHER UK ASSISTANCE.
3. ON 1(B) THE UK HAS ACCEPTED A COMMITMENT TO RESETTLE A FURTHER 1,000 PEOPLE BY JUNE 1990 UNDER THE AGREED 50/35/15
PER CENT FORMULA. SO FAR THERE ARE FEW APPARENT SIGNS OF
ACTION TO MEET THIS COMMITMENT. ONLY 108 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
HAVE LEFT FOR THE UK DURING 1989. THE UK IS CERTAIN TO
COME UNDER PRESSURE ON THIS ISSUE AT THE BANGKOK RESETTLEMENT
MEETING NEXT WEEK. POSITIVE ANSWERS ABOUT THE UK PROGRAMME
WOULD BE HELPFUL BOTH AT BANGKOK AND FOR PUBLIC USE HERE.
4.
I SHOULD BE
LATEST POSITION
GRATEFUL IF MR MAUDE COULD BE BRIEFED ON THE
ON THESE
ISSUES.
WILSON
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