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complete their formalities as quickly ns thay con, if they do not want to got stranded in Vietnam.
5. Mr Iaidoen raised tho ribject of three Hong Kong Certificate of Identity holders who are still in to Chi Minh City. Hong Kong have refused to insu entry certificates to these threa because no sponsor can be found in Hong Kong to pay their fares. Jong Kong will accent the three Certificate of Identity holdern (ene of whom is 20 years old) but say that they should travel first and then act as eponsors for their wives and children. The three men have refused to abandon their fouilios, but have promised that once in long Fong they will nomehow raise the money to repey the coat of tho feros. Mr Maideen feels that Hong Kong is again shown in a bad light by insisting on advance payment of fares of close dependants of thres Hong Kong "beloncara".
I undertook to nea if the UNIOR would agree to advance the money for the fares and co resolve this problem.
G.
Mr Chadderton had brought with him details of thirty people in south Vietnam who hold 180 day visas for Macro. These are not lacno residents; they are applicants for United States visas who want to go to lacno so that they can be processed by the United States' Consulate there. understand that Macao has given them vist vicas in racnonna to a request from the United States Consulate in Hong kong, As you know, llong Kong Imigration Department have felt unable to rive visas to purangern wanting to use long Fone as a transit point on their way to the USA, booruse. ther reckon that if they let my Vietnemere cone to long Fenr for this purpose, the floodgates will be opened and my blu up to a million otheru vill ant to do the same. quite illogical, given this policy, that long Foug ghoul 4 consider allowing people to use our flights in order to cet to flacas for exactly the same purpose. Mr Chadderton way not in any way preaning the chuse of the thirty, he had been iuntructed to seek fir Haideen'n viovo. I think this subject may be raised during your discussions with the Acting Director of Immigration in Hong Kong,
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