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3. I SAID I FEARED REFUSAL TO ALLOW FURTHER TIME FOR RESETTLEMENT APPLICATIONS TO BE PROPERLY PROCESSED IN THE MANY COUNTRIES CONCERNED WOULD NOT BE UNDERSTOOD AND WOULD CAUSE MUCH RESENTMENT IN HONG KONG. HE SAID HE HOPED GOOD RELATIONS WOULD NOT BE DISTURBED BY A SITUATION WHICH WAS VERY SERIOUS FOR BOTH GOVERNMENTS: BUT HIS IMMEDIATE CONCERN MUST BE WITH WIDESPREAD FEELING HERE THAT PHILIPPINES HAS ALREADY DONE MUCH MORE THAN COULD REASONABLY
BE EXPECTED FOR THOSE ABOARD TUNG AN AND THAT FIRST PORT OF CALL PRINCIPLE. SHOULD NOW BE APPLIED.
4. I GATHERED THAT ORDER WILL BE SIGNED AND TUNG AN SENT OUT
TO SEA TODAY.
FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING TO HANOI.
BENTLEY,
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