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MDLIAN 8564

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FM UKMIS GENEVA

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 227

OF 22113OZ MARCH 1990

AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

INFO PRIORITY HANOI, LISBON

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YOUR TELNO 606 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNOS 991 AND 992: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: MACAU

1. VIEIRA DE MELLO (UNHCR) IS LIKELY TO VISIT MACAU FROM HONG KONG WHILE HE IS IN HONG KONG NEXT WEEK. HE IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG LATE ON 23 MARCH, LEAVING AGAIN ON THURSDAY 29 MARCH. IN HONG KONG HE WILL BE STAYING AT THE RAMADA RENAISSANCE HOTEL.

2.

VIEIRA DE MELLO HAS ALSO EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN TO US ABOUT MACAU'S ATTITUDE TO VBP ARRIVALS AND COULD SERVE AS A USEFUL INTERLOCUTEUR WITH THE MACAU AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S APPROACHES. (HONG KONG TELNO 991).

WE SUGGEST THEREFORE THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BRIEF VIEIRA DE MELLO FULLY ON HIS ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG ON THEIR RECENT APPROACH TO MACAU, IF POSSIBLE GIVING HIM A COPY OF THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S LETTER.

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PS

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UND

LEGAL ADVISERS

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ECD (E)

FED

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PS/MR MAUDE

PS/MR SAINSBURY

PS/LORD BRABAZON

PS/MRS CHALKER

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE

MR SLATER

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