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FM TOKYO
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 680
OF 21060OZ JULY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, BANGKOK, HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA, SINGAPORE,
INFO PRIORITY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, WASHINGTON
TOKYO TELNO 651 AND YOUR TELNO 148 TO HONG KONG (NOT TO ALL):
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
1. WE WENT OVER THE GROUND AGAIN THIS MORNING WITH TSUNOZAKI (HUMAN RIGHTS/REFUGEES DIVISION, MFA) BEFORE HE
LEAVES FOR SC2.
2. ON FINANCE, HE CONFIRMED THE POINTS IN TOKYO TUR. JAPAN WILL PAY UNHCR NEXT WEEK 1.5 BILLION YEN, OF WHICH TWO-THIRDS IS EARMARKED FOR HONG KONG. THEY ARE PLANNING TO MAKE A FURTHER SIMILAR CONTRIBUTION TO UNHCR PERHAPS AS EARLY AS AUGUST, BUT PROBABLY A BIT LATER, OF WHICH ONE-THIRD
WOULD BE EARMARKED FOR HONG KONG.
3
WE AGAIN DESCRIBED PROGRESS ON A PHILIPPINE REFUGEE PROCESSING CENTRE, INCLUDING OUR HOPE OF DE-LINKING THE TIMESCALE FOR THAT AND A HOLDING CENTRE IN VIETNAM (UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 463). TSUNOZAKI SAID THAT, AS THEY HAD SAID AT THE ICIR, JAPAN WOULD CONSIDER AN APPROPRIATE CONTRIBUTION IF THERE WAS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT TO THE PROJECT. HE
HAD NOTED OUR OWN FINANCIAL PLEDGE. JAPAN WOULD IN PRINCIPLE BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE EITHER FROM MULTILATERAL OR BILATERAL AID FUNDS. MORE MONEY MIGHT BE AVAILABLE UNDER THE BILATERAL ROUTE, WHICH MIGHT ANYWAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE IF THE PHILIPPINES HOPED TO TAKE OVER THE FACILITY AFTER THE THREE
YEAR PERIOD. WE URGED HIM TO BE AS FORTHCOMING AS POSSIBLE
AT SC2 AND IN THE VISIT HE IS TO MAKE IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS
TO THE PHILIPPINES.
4.
TSUNOZAKI WILL THEN GO ON FOR A BRIEF VISIT (30/31 JULY) TO HONG KONG. ONE POINT HE WILL WISH TO LEARN THEN IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE VBP'S CURRENTLY ARRIVING - FOR COMPARISON WITH THOSE TURNING UP IN JAPAN (IE ETHNIC ORIGINS, NORTH OR SOUTH, OCCUPATIONS ETC). HE IS KEENLY INTERESTED IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE VIETNAMESE ABOUT INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION
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