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FM SAIGON 100140Z
REGISTRY No.52
-9 JUL1974
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 22 OF 10 JULY 1974.
PERSONAL FOR POLITICAL ADVISER.
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YOUR TELEGRAMS 735 AND 736 TO FCO: PQ ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS,
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1. I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO LEARN FROM THE SUGGESTED
ALTERNATIVE REPLY IN YOUR FIRST TUR THAT THE MEMBER OF THE GROUP
WHO WAS NOT RETURNED TO SAIGON HAS NOW ESTABLISHED THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG. HAS THIS INFORMATION BEEN OFFICIALLY COMMUNICATED TO THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE CONSUL-GENERAL?
IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE KNOWN HERE YET.
2.
SECONDLY, MAY I REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE STILL AWAITING AN ANSWER TO OUR TELEGRAM NO. 21 OF 4 JULY ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF OTHER SOUTH VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
BEING REPATRIATED.
3.
IN GENERAL I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PLEA FOR THE EARLIEST
POSSIBLE EXCHANGES OF INFORMATION BETWEEN US ON FACTUAL MATTERS.
ALTHOUGH IT IS NOW RATHER OUT OF DATE I SHOULD MUCH HAVE LIKED
TO HAVE SEEN AT THE TIME THE TEXT OF THE PRESS RELEASE PEPORTED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR FIRST TUR WHICH AS FAR AS
I AM AWARE CONSTITUTES THE ONLY STATEMENT OF ASSURANCES WHICH
HAS BEEN GIVEN IN PUBLIC AND THUS QUOTABLE BY THE PRESS.
BUCHELL TILES
RETELED AS REQUESTED/
IIKIOD
SEAD
MVD
FED
PARLIAMENTARY UNIT
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