TNAG-2401-FCO40-3488-Vietnamese-migrants-Orderly-Repatriation-Programme-(ORP)-1992 — Page 148

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4. AS IN THE CHINESE PRESS, THE KEMPSTER REPORT WAS SECOND LEAD STORY ON THE 9 APRIL EVENING NEWS ON THE FOUR TV CHANNELS. AGAIN, THE EMPHASIS LAY ON THE FINDING THAT THE TRAGEDY COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN AVERTED.

COMMENT

5. PRESS INTEREST IN THE REPORT, PARTICULARLY IN THE CHINESE PRESS AND THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA, SEEMS UNLIKELY TO LAST GIVEN LIKELY COVERAGE OF THE U.K. ELECTION AND ITS AFTERMATH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

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LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT

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