TNAG-2062-FCO40-2940-Vietnamese-boat-people-repatriation-1990 — Page 111

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FROM: C C D Haswell

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Hong Kong Department

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PATE: 12 January 1990

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CC:

Mr Colvin, SEAD

Mr Paul, HKD

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Thank you

Mr McLaren McLaren

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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION

1. I attach a copy of a recent Guardian article which I think is spot-on: it gives grounds for optimism that the voluntary programme should soon be making a crucial contribution to the solving of the boat people problem, and would justify any additional resources we might be willing to allocate to it.

Charles Harwell,

CD Haswell

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