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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR
TELNO 147
OF 07160OZ MARCH 89
CONFIDENTIAL
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
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HONG KONG TELNO 758: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: ATTITUDE OF UNHCR TOWARDS COMPULSORY REPATRIATION
1. WE AGREE WITH HONG KONG THAT THERE IS INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE STATEMENT FROM UNHCR REPORTED IN UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 114 CIE THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PROGRAMME WHICH MIGHT INCLUDE INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION) AND THE INSTRUMENTAL ROLE WHICH
THEY HAVE PLAYED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLAN. WE ATTRIBUTE SUCH INCONSISTENCY TO THE NATURE OF THE UNHCR BEAST. WE NEVERTHELESS AGREE THAT WE SHOULD TAKE EVERY SUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP UNHCR UP TO THE MARK ON THE PRINCIPLE OF MANDATORY REPATRIATION.
2.
IF COLVIN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IN THE MARGINS OF THE
KUALA LUMPUR PREPCON CAND PROVIDED HE THINKS THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO DO SO AT THIS POINT) GRATEFUL IF HE COULD SPEAK TO
UNHCR OFFICIALS ALONG THE LINES SUGGESTED IN PARAS 2 AND 3 OF
HONG KONG TUR.
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