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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE HANOI
TELNO 20
OF 26103OZ FEBRUARY 90
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002454 MDLIAN 1576
12 MAR 1990
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YOUR TELNO 22: VISIT OF MRS YAU
1. MRS YAU WILL BRING A LIST OF 131 NAMES. THEY ARE ALL RELATIVELY RECENT ARRIVALS, WHO HAVE
BEEN SCREENED OUT AND WHOSE APPEALS ARE DUE TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. THEY HAVE BEEN DETAINED SINCE ARRIVAL AT THE GREEN ISLAND RECEPTION CENTRE, AND HAVE NOT MIXED WITH THE LONGER STAYERS IN THE DETENTION CENTRE. OUR ASSESSMENT IS THAT THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO RESIST REPATRIATION THAN THE LONG STAYERS.
2. GIVEN VIETNAMESE SENSIBILITIES AND OUR JOINT WISH TO AVOID THE USE OF FORCE, WE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY WISH TO RETURN RECENT ARRIVALS IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. WE SHALL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LIST OF A FURTHER 200 RECENT ARRIVALS IN A FEW WEEKS TIME. BUT THE LISTS ALREADY HANDED OVER REMAIN VALID AS POTENTIAL FUTURE RETURNEES.
3. THE ''REASONS FOR DEPARTURE'' SECTION IN THE LIST OF 131 NAMES
HAS BEEN SUITABLY SANITISED.
WILSON
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
72
ΜΑΙΝ
68
VIETNAMESE REPATRIATION
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
FED
NAD
NEWS D
PAGE
PS
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR BLATHERWICK
MR MCLAREN
MR MOSS
MR BEAMISH
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