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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 05010OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 955
OF 04173OZ MAY 89
AND TO DESKBY 05010OZ PEKING
INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
Mkn 243/9
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MDHOAN 0492
YOUR TELNO 1412: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: FURTHER ACTION WITH THE CHINESE: SOUTH CHINA HOLDING
1.
CENTRE
WE WOULD BE QUITE PREPARED TO PUT THIS IDEA TO THE CHINESE. BUT WE THINK IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO REFINE OUR THINKING FURTHER BEFORE DOING SO. IF WE ARE TO STAND ANY CHANCE OF SUCCESS IN PERSUADING THE CHINESE TO GO ALONG WITH IT, WE WOULD NEED TO PRESENT THEM WITH A FULLY-FLEDGED PROPOSAL, INCLUDING SPECIFIC DETAILS OF FUNDING AND OTHER PRACTICAL ASPECTS. ALTHOUGH WE HAD CONSULTED MINISTERS IN GENERAL TERMS ABOUT THE IDEA WE DID NOT ASK THEM TO TAKE A FINAL VIEW AND COULD NOT REALISTICALLY EXPECT THEM TO DO SO IN THE LIMITED TIME AVAILABLE.
2.
WE WOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF HMA PEKING DID NOT ALLUDE TO THIS IDEA WHEN HE SEES ZHOU NAN ON 5 MAY. THERE ARE CERTAIN TO BE FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO. IN THE MEANTIME IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD REFINE YOUR IDEAS FURTHER TO ENABLE US TO PUT DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS TO MINISTERS.
HOWE
YYYY
MAIN
96
DISTRIBUTION
102
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
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