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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 505 OF 4 JULY
INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI
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YOUR TELNO 655: EVACUATION OF HONG KONG BELONGERS FROM VIETNAM. 1. YOU WILL NOW HAVE SEEN OUR TELNO 110 TO HANOI.
2. IT WAS NOT CLEAR FROM OUR TELNO 100 TO HANOI THAT THE THREE MONTH EXTENSION TO HAIDEEN'S PASSPORT TAKES EFFECT FROM OCTOBER SO THAT HE WILL IN FACT BE IN POSSESSION OF A VALID BRITISH PASS- PORT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
3. NONETHELESS, IT WOULD IN OUR VIEW BE UNWISE TO RELY ON THIS EXTENSION TO SEE THROUGH THE EVACUATION EXERCISE (CEE PARA 2 OF OUR SECOND TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE TO HANOI),
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