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RECEIVED IN FPAISERY
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
FM FCO
22 FEB 1990
DESŁ
TELNO 295
INDE
OF 02180OZ FEBRUARY 90
INFO PRIORITY BANGKOK, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
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BANGKOK TELNO 94 TO FCO: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: INFORMATION ACTIVITIES
1. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE POINT IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA 2 OF TUR. WE HAD UNDERSTOOD THE US CONSULATE TO BE HELPFUL IN PUTTING ACROSS THE MESSAGE TO BOAT PEOPLE THAT THOSE SCREENED OUT (WHO WOULD BE THE MAJORITY) COULD HAVE NO HOPE OF RESETTLEMENT IN THE US. THIS WAS AN ISSUE AGREED AS LONG AGO AS THE TALKS IN WASHINGTON LAST AUGUST. WE CAN SEE NO REASON WHY THE CONSULATE SHOULD BE UNCOOPERATIVE OVER THIS: PARA 4A OF YOUR TELNO 383 (NOT TO ALL) MAKES CLEAR THAT THERE ARE NO SIMILAR DIFFICULTIES IN HONG KONG.
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DISTRIBUTION
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.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
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LEGAL ADVISERS
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INFO D
FINANCE D
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PS/MR MAUDE
PS/MR SAINSBURY
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/PUS
MR P J WESTON
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
MR MOSS
MR BLATHERWICK
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