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- 7 JUN1979
OFFICER
FM FCO 051832Z JUN 79
TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 609 OF 5 JUNE
No
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
1966
PA
Action Taku
970A
See 977
HONG KONG TELNO 731 AND TELECON ROBINSON/MURRAY: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
WE TAKE YOUR POINT ABOUT THE DIFFICULT OF GETTING APPOINTMENTS WITH SENIOR AMERICANS IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 18 JUNE, BUT THE ARGUMENTS PUT FORWARD BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE SEEM TO US TO BE COGENT AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL DO YOUR BEST TO ARRANGE A SUITABLY HIGH LEVEL PROGRAMME. IS THERE NO CHANCE OF WARREN CHRISTOPHER SEEING THE GOVERNOR? SURELY THE TOP RANKS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE TOTALLY DENUDED? CALLS ON SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN COULD BE USEFUL AS WELL AS THE PRESS.
2. HONG KONG' PREDICAMENT IS REAL AND PRESSING. MINISTERS ARE INSISTING THAT EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO UNDERLINE THE SIZE OF THE REFUGEE PROBLEM AND THE HUMAN TRAGEDY INVOLVED
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PS PSAPS PS MR BLAKER SIR.A. DUFF
MIR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
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