TNAG-1907-FCO40-2711-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-voluntary-and-mandatory-repat-1989 — Page 154

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TO IMMEDIATE HANOI

TELNO 338

OF 11163OZ OCTOBER 89

AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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(HONG KONG: PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)

YOUR TELNO 534: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE:

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REPATRIATION

NOTWITHSTANDING THE EVIDENT DIFFICULTIES WHICH YOU FORESEE, WE WOULD STILL LIKE YOU TO DO YOUR UTMOST TO PERSUADE THE VIETNAMESE

TO AGREE TO ACCEPT THE FIRST BATCH OF SCREENED-OUT BOAT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VOLUNTEERS ON 31 OCTOBER. WE ARE OPERATING WITHIN

A TIGHT TIME FRAME.

2 YOUR TELNO 535 STATES THAT WE MUST STILL GIVE THE VIETNAMESE

A LIST OF RETURNES WITH FULL DETAILS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE JUNE AGREEMENT.

WE WERE UNDER THE CLEAR IMPRESSION THAT THIS HAS ALREADY

BEEN DONE. YOUR TELNO 80 TO HONG KONG REPORTED THAT

CONSULAR DEPARTMENT, MFA, HAS SAID THAT IN PRINCIPLE ALL 140 NON-VOLUNTEERS NOTIFIED TO THEM WERE APPROVED FOR RETURN ONCE THE AGREED MINUTE HAD BEEN SIGNEQ.

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