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GRS 175
IMMEDIATE
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.52
CIPHER CAT/A
FM HONG KONG 25080ØZ
25 JUL 1974
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NICKIY/S
TOP COPY
1974
TO IMMEDIATE SAIGON TELEGRAM NUMBER 22 OF 25 JULY/INFO PRIORITY
F CO.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 29: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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AS INDICATED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF OUR TELEGRAM NO 778 TO F CO, NEWS OF THE RELEASES HAS HAD A QUIETING EFFECT LOCALLY. WE THEREFORE WOULD SEE NO REAL ADVANTAGE IN PRESSING BAC TO MAKE THE STATEMENT PARTICULARLY SINCE THIS STILL FALLS SHORT OF WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED HERE TO PUT THE ISSUE OF THE ASSURANCES BEYOND ALL DOUBT, SUBJECT TO F C O VIEWS, WE WOULD BE CONTENT THAT YOU SHOULD LIE LOW. ONCE TRIALS HAVE BEEN HELD, WE MAY WELL. NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE, THE GOODWILL WHICH YOU MIGHT GAIN BY NOT ASKING BAC TO MAKE HIS PUBLIC STATEMENT NOW MAY COME IN
USEFUL AT THIS LATER STAGE.
2. YOUR PRESSURE ON HIM HAS BEEN MOST USEFUL IN REMINDING HIM OF OUR CLOSE INTEREST IN THE FATE OF THE GROUP.
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