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1. PLEASE DRAW ON PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 IN HONG KONG TELNO 723 IN REPLYING TO THE PROTEST CONTAINED IN YOUR SECOND TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. SUBJECT TO HONG KONG'S FURTHER ADVICE IT WOULD BE AS WELL TO ALLOW FOR CHINESE SUSCEPTIBILITIES BY AMENDING THE POINT IN SUB-PARAGRAPH 2(C) TO READ QUOTE ALLOWED A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA AND COUNTRIES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA BESIDES VIETNAM TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG PERMANENTLY UNQUOTE. IF HONG KONG COULD PROVIDE A FIGURE FOR THE NUMBER OF THOSE IN THIS BROADER CATEGORY WHO HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG OVER THE
PAST YEAR THIS COULD BE INCLUDED.
2. YOU MAY ASSOCIATE HMG WITH THE SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF HONG KONG'S TELNO 723 BUT THE PHRASE QUOTE BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HELP UNQUOTE WOULD BETTER READ QUOTE BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF MANY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HELP UNQUOTE, (IN ORDER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE UNITED STATES AND SOME OTHERS HAVE ACCEPTED VIETNAMESE REFUGEES). THE POINT IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF HONG KONG'S TELNO 717 WOULD
BEST BE MADE AT THE END OF YOUR REPLY.
3. HONG KONG TELNO 702 IS BEING REPEATED TO YOU. THE LINE FOR USE BY NEWS DEPARTMENT IN MY TELNO 134 TO UK MISSION GENEVA IS NOW SOMEWHAT OUT OF DATE AND THIS TELEGRAM IS NOT BEING REPEATED.
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