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FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 49
OF 26063OZ JANUARY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA
(31)
MY TELNO 48: VBP IN HONG KONG:
VIETANMESE COUNTER DRAFT
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TYDIST?
Q DIST ?
FHKD 24,319
1987
H
32
025205
MDHIAN 9958
THE COUNTER DRAFT CONTAINS SOME IMPORTANT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IN PARAGRAPH 1.B. AND 2.D. THE OTHER AMMENNDMENTS ARE, I BELIEVE, NOT SIGNIFICANT.
2. IN PARAGAPH 1.B., THEY SEEM TO ME TO HAVE STEPPED SOME WAY BACK BY DELETING THE REFERENCE TO VIETNAMESE ACCEPTANCE OF ALL WHO ASK TO RETURN AND BY IMPLYING THAT THE NAMES IN THE LISTS PRODUCED BY THE VIETNAMESE WILL BE OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR INTERVIEW, NOT OF THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED AND ACCEPTED FOR REPARTRIATION.
3. IN PARAGRAPH 2.D. THE VIETNAMESE ARE PROPOSING TO
LENGTHEN THE WHOLE PROCESS BY SUGGESTING THAT A MONTH SHOULD ELAPSE AFTER THE VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS VISITING HONG KONG HAVE SEEN THE REPATRIATION APPLICANTS AND THAT ONLY THEN WILL VISAS BE ISSUED (IN AN UNSPECIFIED MANNER).
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4 I ASSUME YOU WOULD WISH ME TO REJCT THESE PROPOSALS.
YOU MIGHT
HOWEVER CONSIDER ACCEPTING DELETION OF THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 1.B. (SINCE IT IS COVERED BY THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE PREAMBLE), IN RETURN FOR REVERSION TO OUR DRAFT OF THE REST OF PARAGRAPH 1.B. AND 2.D.
5. I STILL AWAIT A FIRM APPOINTMENT WITH VU KHOAN.
DAVIES
FCO PSE PASS HONG AND UKMIS GENEVA
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