TNAG-1910-FCO40-2714-Financial-assistance-from-the-UK-Government-to-Vietnamese-re-1989 — Page 261

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HKB 243/11

136356 MDHOAN 8876

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FM FCO

TO DESKBY 11010OZ HONG KONG

TELNO 810

OF 101635Z APRIL 89

INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA

11-13

CH

YOUR TELNOS 1144-1146: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: FINANCE

1.

WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE INFORMATION IN TURS, WHICH WE ARE NOW STUDYING. ONE QUESTION WHICH OCCURS TO US IS HOW THE ESTIMATE OF HKD 50 MILLION IN SECOND TUR IS REFLECTED IN THIRD TUR? WE HAVE IDENTIFIED HKD 20 MILLION FOR QUOTE OTHER CONTINGENCY ACCOMMODATION UNQUOTE UNDER CAPITAL ESTIMATES FOR 1989/90. IS THE REMAINING HKD 30 MILLION SUBSUMED IN THE RECURRENT ESTIMATES?

2. THE FINAL SENTENCE OF THE TEXT OF PARA 2 OF THIRD TUR REFERS TO QUOTE ARRIVALS OF ABOUT 1,000 UNQUOTE. WE ASSUME THIS IS A TRANSMISSION ERROR, AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION OF WHAT THE FIGURE SHOULD BE.

3. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A RESPONSE IF POSSIBLE DESKBY

1109OOZ.

HOWE

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MAIN

96

DISTRIBUTION

102

.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK

LIMITED

HKD

SEAD

UND

LEGAL ADVISERS

PUSD

ECD (E)

FED

NAD

NEWS

PS

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

PS/MR PATTEN ODA

PS MR EGGAR

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

MR SLATER

MR MCLAREN

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