TNAG-1908-FCO40-2712-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-voluntary-and-mandatory-repat-1989 — Page 197

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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON

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(HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)

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YOUR TELNO 2292 TO HONG KONG: VBP REPATRIATION

1 I HAVE JUST MET GRAEME IRVINE, ACTING PRESIDENT OF WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL, AN INTERNATIONAL CHARITY/NGO WHICH HAS WORKED WITH HMG IN AFGHANISTAN AND SUDAN. HE IS VISITING VIETNAM BRIEFLY TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND TO PUSH FOR THE OPENING

OF AN OFFICE HERE. WHEN I PUT THE QUESTION OF MONITORING AND FOLLOW-UP TO HIM HE EXPRESSED INTEREST ON BEHALF OF HIS ORGANISATION IN BECOMING INVOLVED, SO LONG AS IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH FORCED REPATRIATION.

2. YOU MAY WISH TO TAKE THIS FURTHER. THE ORGANISATION IS 50 PER CENT FUNDED BY DONATIONS IN THE U.S. BUT, IRVINE EMPHASISED, WAS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION NOT SUBJECT TO U.S. DIRECTION.

IT HAS AN OFFICE IN HONG KONG AND ONE IN NORTHAMPTON (TEL: 0604 22964). IRVINE HIMSELF IS BASED IN CALIFORNIA.

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