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YRTELNO 1654: VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS: MACAU

1. THE MACAU DIMENSION OF THE CURRENT ARRIVAL PATTERN IS OF COURSE A REGULAR FEATURE, AND HAS BEEN EVER SINCE 1982 WHEN MACAU BEGAN ROUTINELY PUSHING OFF VIETNAMESE ARRIVALS AND DIRECTING THEM TOWARDS HONG KONG. WE HAVE APPROACHED THE MACAU GOVERNMENT MANY TIMES (INCLUDING DURING MR MAUDE'S VISIT IN APRIL 1990) TO ASK THEM TO CEASE THIS PRACTICE, OR AT LEAST TO SEEK TO CO- OPERATE ACTIVELY WITH THE CHINESE ON INTERCEPTING ARRIVALS BETWEEN MACAU AND HONG KONG, BUT TO NO OBVIOUS EFFECT. FOR EXAMPLE, ALMOST 300 OF THE 372 ARRIVALS ON 9 SEPTEMBER (HONG KONG TELNO 2810) CAME THROUGH MACAU.

2. WE AGREE HOWEVER THAT IT DOES NO HARM TO REMIND MACAU THAT WE ARE WATCHING THIS WITH CONTINUING UNHAPPINESS. EHRMAN WILL THEREFORE SPEAK TO FONSECA (POLITICAL ADVISER TO THE MACAU GOVERNMENT) AGAIN.

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