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123 MAR 1990

Telegram to

£26/3

M. Hayonthed

Thank you. As

agreed at this morning's

meaties,

thinks

M Naude

PS/Mr Maude ash HKC to pursue

FROM: C C D Haswell

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 23 March 1990

we should

CC:

the possibility

Mr Gillmore

Mr McLaren

Mr Colvin, SEAD

Mr Paul, HKD

Mr Kirk, SED

Mr Whitehead, News Dept

of interception with the Chron. He also considers X a good idea.

HKB

243129.

CEIVED IN RECISTRY

02 APR 1990

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: MACAU

26/3

A

B

1.

In your minute of 20 March you asked for details of push-offs from Macau, and suggested we should try to make common cause with

the Portugese.

2. We have consulted Hong Kong about this. Copies of the

exchange of telegrams are attached. of the total of this years' arrivals of 598, 311 (52%) have come via Macau. By coincidence, the Political Adviser wrote to the diplomatic adviser to the Governor of Macau on 20 March seeking the cooperation of the Macau authorities and proposing discussions on this subject.

3. It would be worth following this up with the Portuguese. There is no obvious occasion on which we might do so in the near

future; we would need to provide HMA Lisbon with instructions to

take action there. We should consider whether there is any forthcoming European event for which we might prepare a joint UK/Portuguese position; and it is also for consideration whether we

should suggest to UNHCR the inclusion of a joint Macau/Portugal

delegation for the proposed regional meeting on boat people in

April/May.

Charles Heatwel

CCD Haswell

WINACC

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