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UKP967
XDB354
0724 : INDOCHINA-IMMIGRANTS 2 SAIGON (REOPENS):
NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF BRIGADIER NGUYEN KHAC BINH ANNOUNCED EARLY THIS MONTH THAT ANOTHER 69 PEOPLE HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ORGANISATION WHICH HELPED THE 118 GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
BRIGADIER BINH TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ASSURANCE THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT MIGHT HAVE GIVEN TO ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTS ON THE FATE OF THE 118.
THE STATEMENT FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTRY TODAY SAID MR. BAC HAD ALREADY ASSURED THE BTISIH MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE IN LONDON, MR ROY HATTERSLEY, THAT THE 118 WOULD
GET A FAIR TREATMENT AND TRIAL.
REUTER TKK/RLH (HFELB)
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