TNAG-1970-FCO40-2803-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation-1989 — Page 85

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HANOI

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 015

OF 06050OZ MARCH 89

CONFIDENTIAL

MKD 243/9

(88

002775 MDHIAN 5340

TOP COPY

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INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, UKMIS GENEVA

1

YOUR TELNO 701 OF 1 MARCH: VBP SCREENING POLICY IN HONG KONG

1. THE TVB JURNALIST CURRENTLY HERE, MABEL CHAN, DENIES SENDING ANY SUCH STORY AND THE UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE SAYS THAT THE SUBJECT DID NOT CROP UP IN HIS INTERVIEW WATH TVB.

2. WE HAVE NOT DETECTED ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE VIETNAMESE ARE

MISREPRESENTING HONG KONG'S SCRREENING POLICY ALTHOUGH IN THEIR COUNTER DRAFT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION THEY TRIED TO SUPPORT SUGGEST THAT SCREENED OUT VBPS WHO DO NOT VOLUNTEER TO RETURN SHOULD BE RESETTLED.

DAVIES

FCO PSE PASS TO HONG KONG AND UKMIS GENEVA

YYYY

DISTRIBUTION

98

MAIN

92

.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK

NEWS

LIMITED

PS

HKD

SEAD

UND

LEGAL ADVISERS

PUSD

ECD (E)

FED

ADDITIONAL

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

PS/MR PATTEN ODA

PS MR EGGAR

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

MR SLATER

MR MCLAREN

1

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