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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 84 OF 28 DEC
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YOUR TELNO 251: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ORIGINALLY FROM VIETNAM.
1. FIRST SECRETARY WAS SUMMONED TO MFA TODAY TO SEE LIANG SHING-YUAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT. LIANG WISHED TO EXPLAIN THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE TWO VIETNAMESE REFERRED TO IN YOUR TELNO 239 WERE ISSUED CHINESE PASSPORTS AND EXIT PERMITS.
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TRUONG AND TO HAS APPARENTLY ENTERED CHINA EARLY IN 1978 TOGETHER WITH A GROUP OF OVERSEAS CHINESE. THEY CLAIMED TO
BE OVERSEAS CHINESE THEMSELVES AND SHOWED THE CHINESE AUTHOR- ITIES PAPERS (REFERRED TO IN YOUR SECOND TUR) WHICH THE LATTER, ADMITTEDLY ERRONEOUSLY, CONSIDERED ADEQUATE PROOF THAT THE
MEN WOULD BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO THE USA AND THE PHILIPPINES
RESPECTIVELY.
3. LIANG SAID THAT HE HOPED THAT THE TWO MEN, WHO WERE NOW
IN HONG KONG, WOULD BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO THEIR DESIRED ONWARD DESTINATIONS. IF THIS PROVED IMPOSSIBLE, HOWEVER, THE CHINESE
AUTHORITIES WOULD BE PREPARED TO RECEIVE THEM BACK INTO CHINA.
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SULLIVAN THANKED LIANG FOR THIS HELPFUL RESPONSE, WHICH
WOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES. IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TWO MEN WERE NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN VISAS FOR TRAVEL TO THE USA AND THE PHILIPPINES. THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES WOULD BE IN TOUCH WITH THE CHINESE BORDER AUTHORITIES IF THEY DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE CHINESE OFFER OF
RECEIVING THEM BACK.
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