TNAG-2872-FCO40-4126-Hong-Kong-repatriation-of-ex-China-Vietnamese-illegal-immigr-1993 — Page 5

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Mr Xu Liu Gen called me again from Beijing today.

He said that he had obtain "unofficial" clearance He asked, however, that

for Dragon-Air to land in Nanning.

we should not quote him on this. He said that we should now send our official request and necessary information to the official channel, i.e. Mr Yang You Yung of NCNA, who was He stressed that the flight aware of recent development. should be to Nanning and that it should not take place before 10 December.

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Mr Xu than turned to the 90 from Yunnang, that he wanted to request us to send them also by Dragon-Air to Kunming around 20 December, to where It operated a scheduled service. He elaborated that if we found it easier The key to use a chartered flight, it was also acceptable. point was that they should be flown by Dragon-Air to Kunming. I referred him to the agreement that the Yunnan Group were to be sent to Sha Tau Kok. Xu said that it would present

for insurmountable difficulties

the Chinese authorities, given the vast distance involved. I said I would consult my colleagues. Xu then said if it was agreeable to us, we could make our response known to Mr Yang of the NCNA at the same time.

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