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Difficulties/Requirements of the Chinese
The Chinese did not specifically request assistance From Hong Kong. However, when pressed for details of their difficulties they gave the following answers. The Deputy Secretary General of Beihai said that in his "personal opinion"
it would be helpful to have trucks. The Deputy Mayor of Beihai said the greatest need was for boats to push Vietnamese out to
the 12 km international boundary but did not mention speed
boats. The marine police at Zhanjiang said that the cost of
buses was very expensive in addition they had just lost the use
of the shed in which they had held Vietnamese until they could
be repatriated by bus. Assistance on reception facilities
would be welcome.
5.
Non-Vietnamese related requests
The officials we spoke to also made the following request which might be used as bargaining counters. The Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office asked for an increase in the number of multiple entry visas granted to Guangxi officials from the present 50. He also wanted another flight a week from Nanning to Hong Kong. The Deputy Director of Tourism hoped that Nanning could be allowed an increased quota of group tours. All officials hoped for increased cooperation and increased Hong Kong investment.
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Miscellaneous
It was pointed out how difficult it was to stop people in resettlement camps believing rumours and leaving for Hong Kong, most, if not all, of those resettled in China still hoped ultimately to be resettled overseas. For example, the news that the USA would resettle 50% of Hong Kong's refugees had reached Fang Cheng already. Although it was technically illegal to assist Vietnamese in illegally entering China no action was taken against those who did so. It was illegal to
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