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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TEL NO 267 OF 6 AUGUST 74
INFO IMMEDIATE SAIGON AND PRIORITY HONG KONG
HONG KONG.
SAIGON TEL NO 45.
TRIAL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
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1. SANGUINETTI WAS TOLD YESTERDAY IN LIGHT OF TUR THAT A DECISION WHETHER TO ENTER SOUTH VIETNAM MUST BE HIS ALONE BUT THAT OUR EMBASSY WOULD BE PREPARED TO EXTEND ASSISTANCE FOR NORMAL FACILITIES IF HE WENT. HE APPCEPTED THIS HAPPILY BUT SAID
HIS GENERAL
HE HAD HOPED THAT SAIGON EMBASSY WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND CUT
IN ABSENCE OF YOUR WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD BE REFUSED ENTRY. COMMENT ON SAIGON TUR WE HAD TO RESERVE COMMENT ON HIS REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE FOR OBTAINING INTERVIEWS AND FOR AN INTERPRETER 2. HE REVERTED TO THESE TWO REQUESTS THIS MORNING 6TH. LINE WAS THAT IN ACCEPTING THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE ASSURANCES HM G HAD ALSO ACCEPTED A MORAL OBLIGATION TO DO WHATEVER POSSIBLE TO PROTECT THE IMMIGRANTS FROM ILLTREATMENT. HE SEEMED`. TO ENVISAGE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BRINGING WORLD PRESSURE TO BEAR ON THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH THE PRISONERS. WHILE CLAIMING TO ACCEPT DELICACY OF POSITION OF SAIGON EMBASSY VIZ A VIS SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT HE NEVERTHELESS REPEATED HIS HOPE THAT THEY WOULD ASSIST IN 'ARRANGING INNTERVIEWS
HE ADDED THAT AMNESTY DISCREETLY'. WE MADE NO COMMENT,
INTERNATIONAL HAD CONTACTS WITH INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICES IN SAIGON DUT SEEMED RELUCTANT TO USE THESE TO AVOID JEOPARDISING THEIR POSITION.
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