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EVEN LAT VIETNAMESE DEPART (WIVES, IN-LAWS OVER 50, AND
REN). VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS, NOTING THAT HONG KONG IS A CHINESE COMMUNITY, HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT MAY WISH TJ TAKE THE REST OF THE "FOREIGNERS" (THERE ARE AH ESTIMATED 1.5 MILLION CHINESE IN THE SOUTH). THE VIETNAMESE ARE NOT PRESSING THE MATTER. AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, FOR ITS PART, HAS REPLIED THAT IT WILL CONSIDER THE ISSUE AS SOON AS THE EVACUATION OF PERSONS CLOSELY RELATED TO HONG KONG RESI- CENTS IS COMPLETED. THE AMERICAN CONSUL IN HONG KONG BELIEVES THAT GIVEN THE OVER-CROWDED CONDITIONS ALREADY EXISTING IN HONG
PAGE 3 RUEKJCS 3184 CONFIDENT I A L KONG, THE CHANCES OF THE GOVERNMENT TAKING ONE PERSON MORE THAN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY ARE NIL.
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42 (C) THE COMMENTS ABOUT VIETNAM'S WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW ALL CHINESE TO DEPART ARE INTERESTING UNFORTUNATELY FOR THOSE WHO DO WISH TO LEAVE, THERE IS PROBABLY NO COUNTRY THAT IS POLITI CALLY ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT AND THE CHI-
AESE IN VIETNAM WHICH IS WILLING TO ACCEPT MORE THAN AN INSIG- NIFICANT NUMBER OF REFUGEES.
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