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MY TELNO 1080 : EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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1 WHEN AMBASSADOR MA YUZHEN AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT, SONG MINGJIANG, CAME TO DINNER WITH ME ON 7 AUGUST, WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDER-LINE TO THEM OUR GREAT CONCERN ABOUT THE INADEQUATE CHINESE RESPONSE TO OUR REPRESENTATIONS. TOOK NOTE.
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LATER SONG SAID PRIVATELY TO COUNSELLOR THAT THE PROBLEM WITHIN CHINA WAS NOT AS STRAIGHT-FORWARD AS PRESS REPORTS SUGGESTED. SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF VIETNAMESE WHO HAD BEEN SETTLED IN YUNNAN BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAD DRIFTED TO BEIHAI IN GUANGXI WHERE THEY SAW BETTER OPPORTUNITIES. THE BEIHAI AUTHORITIES HAD EVENTUALLY SUCCEEDED IN PERSUADING THEM TO RETURN TO YUNNAN, BUT SOME TROUBLE-MAKERS HAD BROKEN THEIR AGREEMENT AND SET OFF FOR HONG KONG. IT WAS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE GUANGXI AUTHORITIES DID NOT WANT THEM BACK: THE FACT THAT MORE THAN ONE PROVINCE WAS INVOLVED COMPLICATED THINGS. BUT THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES WERE WORKING URGENTLY FOR A SOLUTION.
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