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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2395
OF 17110OZ JULY 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE HANOI
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HANOI TELNO 364: VBP : REPATRIATION MONITORING
1. ONE OF THE POINTS ON WHICH WE ARE LIKELY TO BE QUESTIONED
CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST REPATRIATION EXERCISE IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE WILL BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE TREATMENT OF THOSE RETURNED. FOR THE FIRST BATCH OF 22, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE LINE HERE THAT THIS WILL BE DONE ADEQUATELY BY THE EMBASSY
IN HANOI. IT WOULD HOWEVER BE HELPFUL FOR DEFENSIVE PURPOSES TO HAVE SOME READY DETAILS OF THE RESOURCES WHICH CAN BE DEVOTED TO THIS, AND THE PROPOSED FREQUENCY OF VISITS TO RETURNEES.
2. WE MAY WELL ALSO BE ASKED HOW THE MONITORING OF LARGER GROUPS
OF RETURNEES WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN DUE COURSE. WE CAN REFER TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE UNHCR AND/OR NGO INVOLVEMENT. WE SHOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT HKS WOULD BE WILLING IF NEEDED, TO STATION AN OFFICER IN HANOI TO HELP WITH REPATRIATION AND MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS POSSIBILITY WITH MR DAVIES IN LONDON. IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE CONSIDERING POSSIBLE CANDIDATES.
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