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DESKBY
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TO DESKBY 281200Z MEXICO CITY
TELNO
OF 28075OZ MAY 92
AND TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
(STRICTLY
STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR & MINISTER)
FOLLOWING FOR THE PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
MIPT: HAITIAN BOAT PEOPLE
Following is the text of the proposed reply to PS/3 No 10:
(BEGINS)
1. You asked in your letter of 22 May for advice on Secretary
Baker's request that we agree to the Americans building a
screening centre for Haitian Boat People on the Turks and
Caicos Islands (TCI) as their facilities in Guantanamo were overwhelmed (latest reports say they are currently holding over 12,000 Haitian boat people).
2. This is not the first such request. In November 1991,
when the original wave of boat people threatened to overwhelm
US coastguards, the Americans made a concerted attempt
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with
a notable Lack of success to secure assistance from a number
of states and territories in the region (including Mexico,
Venezuela, Jamaica, Guadeloupe and Martinque, Trinidad and
Tobago, Bahamas). They also asked us to provide facilities in
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