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MDHIAN 3981

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: YOUR MESSAGE TO QIAN QICHEN.

1. PRESS SECRETARY WAS RUNG BY CHRIS YEUNG OF THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST ON 10 MAY. YEUNG HAD HEARD FROM SOMEONE IN THE

H K G THAT YOU HAD PASSED A MESSAGE TO QIAN QICHEN ON THE SUBJECT OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE (VBP). YEUNG ASKED WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS AND ALSO ASKED WHAT CONTACTS THERE HAD BEEN BETWEEN THE EMBASSY

AND THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ON THE SUBJECT.

2.

DAVIES SAID HE WAS UNSIGHTED BUT THAT HE WOULD CHECK WITH COLLEAGUES. HE SAID THAT THE EMBASSY HAD PERIODICALLY DISCUSSED VBPS WITH THE CHINESE BUT THAT HE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY RECENT

CONTACTS.

3.

YEUNG IS TO RING BACK ON 11 MAY.

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GRATEFUL FOR A LINE TO TAKE,

DONALD.

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