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MDLIAN 9988
MKD 24315
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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 631
OF 240945Z FEBRUARY 89
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
YOUR TELNO 470: EVCIIS AND VBPS
THE UNHCR HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE FROM FANG CHENG AMONG RECENT ARRIVALS. WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED THEM WITH FURTHER DETAILS BECAUSE WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO NEGOTIATE THEIR RETURN TO CHINA WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES.
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2. THE 22 PEOPLE REFERRED TO IN PARA 2(C) OF OUR TELNO 549 HAVE LIVED IN CHINA FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME. SOME ARRIVED IN CHINA IN 1980 AND ARE NO DIFFERENT IN PRINCIPLE FOR ANY OTHER EVCII. SEEN FROM HERE, SUCH PEOPLE ARE COVERED BY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG ON THE RETURN OF ECVIIS. WE ARE ANXIOUS TO AVOID GIVING ANY SIGNAL TO VIETNAMESE SETTLED IN CHINA THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE RESETTLEMENT BY
TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG.
3. WE HAVE MADE THESE POINTS TO THE NCNA AND EXPLAINED THAT THE CURRENT 22 CASES HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH THE OLD FAN CHENG CASES. HK DOES NOT ACCEPT THAT THERE IS A CASE FOR GIVING THE 22 PEOPLE ACCESS TO RESETTLEMENT THROUGH UNHCR AND WE HAVE ENCOURAGED NCNA TO ARRANGE FOR THEIR EARLY REPATRIATION.
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WE SUGGEST THAT THE LINE TO TAKE WITH UNHCR SHOULD BE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO RESETTLE THE 53 OLD CASES, MOST OF WHOM HAVE BEEN STRANDED. IN HONG KONG FOR OVER TWO YEARS. WE ARE ANXIOUS TO AVOID ESTABLISHING A RESETTLEMENT CHANNEL VIA HONG KONG FOR SUCH PEOPLE AND IF UNHCR TAKES THE VIEW THAT THERE IS A CASE FOR RESETTLEMENT THIS SHOULD BE
ARRANGED VIA THEIR PEKING OFFICE.
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