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REGISTRY No.52
- 8 AUG 1974
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TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 811 OF 8 AUGUST INFO PRIORITY
SAIGON.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 102 TO THE HAGUE OF 7 AUGUST.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS RETURNED TO SOUTH VIETNAM.
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SECRETARY GENERAL OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS WRITTEN TO
THE GOVERNOR IN WHAT APPEAR TO BE THE SAME TERMS AS HIS LETTER
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THE LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR DATED
1 AUGUST, REPEATS ALLEGATION OF THE 14 DEATHS, MENTIONS REPORTS THAT 25 MEN OF MILITARY AGE 'WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE CONSCIENT-
IOUS OBJECTIORS'', HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO JOIN FRONT LINE UNITS
WITHOUT TRAINING IN ONE OF SOUTH VIETNAM'S HEAVIEST FIGHTING- ZONES, AND STATES THAT THE 118 WERE ''SAVAGELY BEATEN'' BEFORE
THEIR TRANSFER TO CON SON.
2. LETTERS HAVE ALSO BEEN SENT TO THE GOVERNOR BY THREE GERMANS
PURPORTING TO BELONG TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GROUP 139.
3. WE ENTIRELY AGREE THAT AMNESTY'S STATEMENT SHOULD NOT GO UNCHALLENGED. WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON THESE LETTERS ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WILL BE MADE CLEAR TO SECRETARY GENERAL OF AMNESTY IN LONDON THAT HIS ALLEGATIONS ARE WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
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