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JE VOUS SERAIS RECONNAISSANT DE BIEN VOULOIR TRANSMETTRE AU FOREIGN OFFICE'' LE TELEGRAMME SUIVANT QUE L'AMBASSADEUR DE GRANDE-BRETAGNE A HANOI VIENT DE ME REMETTRE, EN RAISON DE LA GREVE QUI AFFECTE SON SERVICE DU CHIFFRE.
CITATION:
''CONFIDENTIAL. FOLLOWING FOR SOUTH EAST ASIA DEPARTMENT, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, LONDON.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LUCKY DRAGON
1 - AS INSTRUCTED IN YOUR TELEGRAM RECEIVED ON 1 MARCH THROUGH THE FRENCH EMBASSY, I SOUGHT AN IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENT AT MFA.MFA COULD NOT AGREE TO SEE ME BEFORE 5 MARCH. I THEREFORE DELIVERED A NOTE
ON 2 MARCH CONTAINING TEXT IN YOUR TELEGRAM. I ALSO GAVE INFORMATION
TO DE HAAN, DEPUTY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, WHO, WITHOUT MENTIONING LUCKY DRAGON BY NAME, SPOKE TO VICE MINISTER HOANG BICH SON ON 3 MARCH ABOUT SUCH REFUGEE SHIPS.
2- I WAS SUMMONED TO MFA ON 5 MARCH, HEAD OF EUROPE 2 DEPARTMENT, MAI VAN BO, SAID THAT INFORMATION IN NOTE WAS PURE FABRICATION AND
SLANDEROUS. THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ARRANGING
DEPARTURE OF REFUGEES. HMG MUST END ITS ATTITUDE OF HOSTILITY
TOWARDS VIETNAM AND BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORSENING RELATIONS.
HE REJECTED NOTE. HE ADDED THAT VIETNAM WAS COOPERATING CLOSELY
WITH UNHCR ON REFUGEE PROBLEMS.
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