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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1441 OF 11 JUNE 197
INFO PRIORITY COVERNOR HONG KONG.
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HONG KONG TELNO 765: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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1. THE CONVERSATION REPORTED IN OUR TELNO 1343 WAS NOT AT ALL N THE SPIRIT OF IMPLYING THAT THE VIETNAM REFUGEES PROBLEM WAS SIMPLY A HONG KONG RACKET. THE POSSIBILITY OF CLOSING OFF HELP TENDING TO INCREASE THE FLOW OF REFUGEES BY STOPPING TRANSACTIONS PASSING THROUGH HONG KONG, WHETHER OF MONET.CP SHIPS, IS OBVIOUSLY IN AHERICAN MINDS: SEE FOR EXAMPLE NEWSOM'S REMARK WHEN MR BLAKER CALLED ON WARREN CHRISTOPHER (PARA 10 OF OUR TELNO 1279).
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