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INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNO 775: EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVIIS)
1. WE HAVE HAD A PRELIMINARY READ-OUT BY TELEPHONE FROM OUR TEAM IN CANTON ABOUT THEIR TALKS ON 23 AUGUST. THEY HAD QUITE A SUCCESSFUL DAY. THE CHINESE INITIALLY TRIED TO ARGUE THAT HONG KONG SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE COST OF RESETTLING ECVIIS. OUR NEGOTIATORS RESISTED THIS AND THE CHINESE EVENTUALLY DESISTED. THERE WAS THEN A HAGGLE OVER THE TIMETABLE AND IN PARTICULAR THE CRUCIAL DATE FOR THE RETURN OF THE FIRST BATCH. EVENTUALLY IT WAS AGREED THAT 100 ECVIIS WOULD BE RETURNED ON 3 SEPTEMBER. ON THE COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION IT WAS AGREED THAT THE CHINESE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE ONCE THE ECVIIS HAD REACHED THE POINT OF ENTRY INTO CHINA. WE WOULD DELIVER THOSE FROM GUANGDONG AND FUJIAN TO THE SHENZHEN BORDER AND THOSE FROM GUANGXI AND HAINAN WOULD BE TAKEN BY BOAT TO
HAIKOU.
2. THE TALKS CONTINUE TODAY ON POINTS OF DETAIL. WE EXPECT OUR NEGOTIATORS TO RETURN LATE THIS EVENING AND THEY WILL REPORT
MORE FULLY THEN.
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