TNAG-1905-FCO40-2709-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-voluntary-and-mandatory-repat-1989 — Page 223

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MDHIAN 3.

REPATRIATION.

7. MY 2ND IFT HAS THE PRESS RELEASE WHICH WE WILL ISSUE AFTER WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THOSE REPATRIATED HAVE DISEMBARKED AND THAT THE PLANE IS ON ITS WAY BACK. IMMEDIATELY BEFORE ITS ISSUE, WE

PROPOSE TO BRIEF FOREIGN JOURNALISTS HERE.

8. ASSUMING RETURN OF THE CHARTERED AIRCRAFT TO HONG KONG AROUND LUNCH-TIME, A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN MID-AFTERNOON BY SECURITY BRANCH OFFICIALS. PHOTOGRAPHS OF VARIOUS STAGES OF THE OPERATION WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS.

MY THIRD IFT BUILD ON YOUR TELNO 1506 AND IS, I HOPE, SELF- EXPLANATORY.

9.

WILSON

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DISTRIBUTION

115

.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK

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HKD

SEAD

UND

LEGAL ADVISERS

PUSD

ECD (E)

FED

NAD

NEWS

INFO D

FINANCE D

RMD

PS

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

PS/MR PATTEN ODA

PS MR EGGAR

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

MR SLATER

MR MCLAREN

ADDITIONAL

6

MR MACHIN ODA

2 COPIES

ODA

MR G-HARRISON

MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE

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HKGO LONDON

MRS B FAIR VSU QUEEN ANNES GTE

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