CONFIDENTIAL
BO
123676
HKB 243/9
MDHIAN 3293
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 14130OZ FCO
TELNO 2373
OF 14120OZ JULY 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
PERSONAL FOR MCLAREN FROM GOVERNOR
99
YOUR TELNOS 1505 AND 1506 : VBP : REPATRIATION: PRESENTATIONAL
ASPECTS
1. PRE-REPATRIATION WE INTEND TO STICK TO THE FOLLOWING LINE:
IN RESOLVING THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE HAS BEEN THE REPATRIATION OF THOSE BOAT
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT QUALIFY AS REFUGEES. THEIR ONLY FUTURE LIES BACK HOME.
IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG LAST MONTH, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID: ''WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM OVER THE EARLY REPATRIATION OF THOSE BOAT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT QUALIFY AS REFUGEES. I HOPE THAT GOOD PROGRESS WILL BE APPARENT BEFORE LONG.'
THIS REMAINS THE POSITION.
WILSON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
109
DISTRIBUTION
115
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
INFO D
FINANCE D
RMD
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
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