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FROM WASHINGTON 2420232
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 22 OF 24 AUGUST 19705
INFO FICIOJ, UKMIS CENEVAD
YOUR TELNO 1825 TO FACCO: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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10 PARAGRAPH 5 OF TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE: WE SPOKE AS REQUESTED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT (OFFICE OF INDO-CHINESE REFUGEE PROGRAMS) ON 23 AUGUST: AT THAT STAGE THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THE BOAT PEOPLE ON THE USS WHIPPLES WE EXPLAINED THAT YOU WERE NOT IN THIS CASE SEEKING A QUARANTEE THAT THE US, WOULD ACCEPT ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY. BUT SINCE THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE FLOW OF NEW ARRIVALS WOULD PLACKEN; IT WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO MAINTAIN YOUR PRESENT GENEROUS POLICY, UNLESS WAYS COULD BE FOUND ROUND THIS PROBLEM, IT MIGHT BECOME NECESSARY TO DEMAND GUARANTEES IN FUTURES
2. THE STATE DEPARTMENT TOOK THE POINT READILY THEY TOLD US ON 24 AUGUST THAT THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE SYMPATHY FOR YOUR DIFFICULTIES AND APPRECIATION OF YOUR GENEROUS POLICY, WHILE NO FORMAL GUARANTEE WOULD BE GET IN THIS CASE (SINCE NONE WAS REQUESTED), ALL STEPS WOULD BE TAKEN TO SEE THAT THE REFUGEES WERE CLEARED AS SOON AS POSSIBLES
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