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TO DESKBY 27090OZ FCO
TELNO 1154
OF 270024Z APRIL 89
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, JLG HONG KONG
YOUR TELNOS 371 AND 372 TO PEKING: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: COAST- HOPPING
1. WE SEE ADVANTAGE IN BRIEFING THE AMERICANS FULLY ON THIS APPROACH TO THE CHINESE, AND IF POSSIBLE GIVING THEM IN CONFIDENCE A COPY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S MESSAGE TO QIAN QICHEN.
2. THIS WOULD SERVE TWO PURPOSES. FIRST, WE COULD URGE THE AMERICANS TO TAKE ANY APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY TO REINFORCE THE MESSAGE WITH THE CHINESE. IF THEY DID SO, THIS MIGHT GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THE CHINESE TO CO-OPERATE. SECOND, IT WOULD SERVE TO SHOW THE AMERICANS THE IMPORTANCE WE ATTACH TO THIS ISSUE AND REMIND THEM AGAIN OF THE VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS FACED BY HONG KONG. IN DISCUSSION HERE WITH THE HEAD OF THE FCO POLICY PLANNING STAFF, COOPER, THIS WEEK, SENIOR ASIA CONTACTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION SEEMED TO BE UNAWARE OF THE PARTICULAR PROBLEM OF COAST-HOPPING, AND HAD ALSO NOT FULLY APPRECIATED THE SCALE OF THE CURRENT INFLUX OF BOAT PEOPLE TO HONG KONG,
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