TNAG-1977-FCO40-2810-Arrivals-figures-and-procedures-for-Vietnamese-refugees-in-H-1989 — Page 143

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SECRETARY OF STATE'S REQUEST THAT THE CHINESE SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE COMING ALONG THEIR COAST AND ACCOMMODATE

THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE. IN CONCRETE TERMS THIS WOULD MEAN HOLDING ALL VIETNAMESE BOATS NOW IN CHINESE PORTS, OR ANY WHICH ARRIVE, AND STOPPING THEM TRAVELLING ON TO HONG KONG. SINCE HMA WAS OUT OF PEKING AT THE TIME AND UNABLE TO DELIVER THE SECRATARY OF STATES MESSAGE PERSONALLY, HIS RETURN TO PEKING COULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE THE MESSAGE, AND MAKE THESE FOLLOW UP POINTS, PERHAPS TO ZHOU NAN.

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