TNAG-2067-FCO40-2945-Vietnamese-boat-people-unaccompanied-minors-in-Hong-Kong-1990 — Page 14

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CZAPR 1990

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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 656

OF 26170OZ MARCH 90

INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI

YOUR TELNO 6 TO UKMIS GENEVA: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: UNACCOMPANIED MINORS

1. WE ARE FAXING TO YOU AND TO UKMIS GENEVA A COPY OF A DAILY TELEGRAPH ARTICLE OF 23 MARCH ABOUT CHILDREN IN THE CAMPS IN HONG KONG, FROM WHICH IT WOULD SEEM THAT VAN LEEUWEN IS ATTEMPTING TO RESILE FROM UNHCR'S UNDERTAKINGS REPORTED IN TUR. GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION, AND FOR AN ACCOUNT OF WHERE THINGS NOW STAND AS REGARDS THE UNHCR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS COMMITTEE.

HURD

YYYY

ΜΑΙΝ

113

DISTRIBUTION

123

.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK

LIMITED

HKD

SEAD

UND

LEGAL ADVISERS

PUSD

ECD (E)

FED

NAD

NEWS D

INFO D

FINANCE D

ADDITIONAL

10

RMD

PS

PS/MR MAUDE

PS/MR SAINSBURY

PS/LORD BRABAZON

PS/MRS CHALKER

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

MR SLATER

MR MCLAREN

MR MOSS

MR BLATHERWICK

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