TNAG-1908-FCO40-2712-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-voluntary-and-mandatory-repat-1989 — Page 111

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HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR

YOUR TELNO 635:

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE:

REPATRIATION

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1 MINISTERS HAVE LOOKED AGAIN AT POSSIBLE DATES FOR THE FIRST FLIGHT. FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS THEY WOULD NOW PREFER TO AVOID/AVOID 5 OR 6 DECEMBER AND GO FOR A LATER DATE.

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I AM VERY SORRY ABOUT ALL THIS CHOPPING AND CHANGING, PARTICULARLY AFTER ALL THE EFFORTS YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE WITH THE VIETNAMESE. PERHAPS THE BEST THING WOULD BE FOR YOU TO TELL LE THO THAT WE HAVE TAKEN NOTE OF THE VIETNAMESE DIFFICULTIES AND THAT IN ORDER TO REACH EARLY AGREEMENT WE ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT 14 DECEMBER RATHER THAN DATES IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK. BUT I AM CONTENT TO LEAVE THE TACTICS TO YOU.

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