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045711 MDHIAN 6587
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IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 641
OF 28091OZ NOVEMBER 89
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG AND UKMIS GENEVA
HONG TELNO MISC 873: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: REPATRIATION
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1 A PITY TUR DID NOT REACH ME EARLIER TODAY: I SAW ROGER MATHEWS
OF THE FT THIS MORNING. HE SAID THAT THE VIETNAMESE (INCLUDING OFFICIALS WHO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUESTION OF BOAT PEOPLE)
SEEMED TO WISH TO INVITE QUESTIONS ON THE SUBJECT. HE DID NOT
HOWEVER INDICATE THAT THEY HAD GONE INTO DETAIL I SHALL
CERTAINLY TAKE AN EARLY SUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO REMONSTRATE WITH THEM.
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2. THEY ARE LIKELY TO RETALIATE BY REFERRING TO BBC WORLD SERVICE
REPORTS WHICH QUOTE BRITISH OFFICIALS AS PROVIDING SOME DETAILS
OF THE AGREEMENT EG. DATE OF SIGNATURE AND FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHO BRIEFED WHOM WHEN AND IN WHAT TERMS.
DAVIES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
111
DISTRIBUTION
119
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
NEWS
RMD
PS
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/MR SAINSBURY
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MR MOSS
MR BLATHERWICK
INFO D
FINANCE D
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