CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 639
OF 2503OOZ FEBRUARY 89
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
CONFIDENTIAL
HKD 24319
TOP
& DIST ?
153561
MDLIAN 0228
(66
REF MY TELNO 632 (EX 636) : VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: MANDATORY REPATRIATION
1. SOME ERRORS HAVE AROSE IN THIS TELEGRAM THE CORRECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
(I) PARA (A) DELETE THE SECOND SENTENCE
(II) PARA (B), 3RD SENTENCE PLEASE READ AS FOLLOWS QUOTE VOLUNTARY RETURN IS OBVIOUSLY PREFERABLE FOR ALL CONCERNED AND UK/HK ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE IMMINENT DEPARTURE OF THE FIRST GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS. UNQUOTE
(III) AT THE END OF THE FIRST SENTENCE IN PARA (D), IT SHOULD BE BE NEW PARAGRAPH (E) AT THIS STAGE UK/HK SEEKING ETC ETC ETC.
2. ERRORS IN THIS TELEGRAM REGRETTED.
FORD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
92
DISTRIBUTION
98
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NEWS
PS
PAGE
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
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