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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA.-
YOUR TELNO 323 TO HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,
1. ACTION TAKEN WITH THE VIETNAM COUNTRY DIRECTOR AT STATE DEPARTMENT.
WHICH
2. LYNE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TWO VESSELS STANDING OFF THE MEKONG, AND WARMLY ENDORSED THE LINE CORTAZZI TOOK WITH THE VIETNAMESE CHARGE.
3. ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AMERICAN ACTION TO BRING HOME TO THE VIETNAMESE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE REFUGEE RACKET, LYNE REFERRED TO OAKLEY'S CONDEMNATION OF VIETNAMESE CONDUCT AT THE JAKARTA MEETING ON THE SPECIAL PROCESSING CENTRE AND SAID THAT THE VIETNAMESE HAD BEEN LEFT IN NO DOUBT OF AMERICAN CONCERN AT THEIR BEHAVIOUR. HE IMPLIED THAT THEY HAD EXHAUSTED PRESENT POSSIBILITIES OF CONVEYING THEIR CONCERN TO THE VIETNAMESE AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD GLADLY CONSIDER ANY PROPOSALS WHICH WE MIGHT CARE 10 PUT FORWARD FOR FURTHER ACTION.
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REPSTITION TO HANOI
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