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TELEGRAM NUMBER 643 OF 24 MAY
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INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA.
BANGKOK TELKOS 84 AND 35 TO HONG KONG: KAMPUCHEAN REFUGEES. 619
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1. WE APPRECIATE THE URGENCY OF THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, OFFICIAL POLICY REQUIRES PROPER EVIDENCE FOR FAMILY REUNION CASES. AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF OUR VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CONVINCE PUBLIC OPINION THAT THERE WAS JUSTIFICATION FOR MAKING AN EXCEPTION TO THIS CASE.
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2. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE CAN ONLY SUGGEST THAT THE US (WHOSE OFFICIALS HAVE INTERVIEWED THE REFUGEES) WHOULD INCLUDE THOSE CLAIMING CLOSE RELATIVES IN HONG KONG IN THE NUMBER THEY ACCEPT. WE WOULD THEN BE WILLING TO TAKE ALL THOSE WHOSE CLAIMS COULD SUBSEQUENTLY BE SUBSTANTIATED. (THE SAME WOULD APPLY TO ANY OTHER COUNTRY WILLING TO ACCEPT THIS GROUP SO THAT THEIR CLAIMS CAN BE
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3. MAY WE LEAVE YOU TO INSTRUCT POSTS IF YOU THINK THIS POSSIBILITY WORTH PURSUING ?
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