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BOTH AGREED, THE VAST MAJORITY REALISED THAT THEY STOOD LITTLE OR NO
CHANCE OF INCLUSION AND WERE THEREFORE
LEAVING QUICKLY. HE TOLD ME THAT UNHCR WAS HAVING
GREAT DIFFICULTY IN EVEN SETTING UP OFFICE IN HO CHI MINH
CITY (UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN OFFERED
PREMISES SEVEN KILOMETRES FROM THE TOWN EXCLAMATION MARK).·
RUFFINEN ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE HAD HAD A LONG
TALK WITH DE HAAN RECENTLY WHOM HE HAD MET HIM BY CHANCE
ON AN AEROPLANE. HIS CONCLUSION HAD BEEN THAT THE VIET- NAMESE ''WERE MAKING FUN OF HIM (DE HAAN)'.
HE SHARED MY VIEW THAT DE HAAN WAS INCORRIGIBLY OPTIMISTIC
AGAINST THE OPINIONS OF THOSE WHO HAD MUCH MORE
EXPERIENCE OF DEALING WITH VIETNAMESE: A VIEW GREATLY STRENG- THENED BY WHAT DE HAAN SAID TO SIR J MURRAY (UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 189 TO FCO).
4.
RUFFINEN AGREED WITH ME THAT EFFECT OF NEW MALAYSIAN
AND THAI POLOCIES OF RETURNING REFUGEES WOULD BE TO REDUCE
OUTFLOW WHILST PEOPLE WAITED TO SEE WHETHER THESE
THREATS WOULD REALLY BE CARRIED OUT. BUT PERCENTAGE HEADING
FOR HONG KONG WILL INCREASE GREATLY.
5. I HAVE SPENT MUCH TIME WITH MY COMMUNITY, ASEAN MEXICAN BURMESE, EGYPTIAN, SWISS, SWEDISH,
FINNISH, INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGES TELLING
THEM OF MY EXCHANGES WITH M F A AND DRAWING ON MATERIAL IN
YOUR GUIDANCE TELEGRAMS. WITH EXCEPTION OF INDIAN AND
FRENCH COLLEAGUES, WHO PREFER TO SAY AS LITTLE AS POSS- IBLE ON THE SUBJECT, ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH OUR VIEWS.
I HOPE MOST OF THEM HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH THEIR
CAPITALS ABOUT SUPPORTING THE PRIME MINISTER'S CALL FOR
AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. SEVERAL COMMENTED TO. ME THAT SWORN EVIDENCE IN A COURT OF LAW WOULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT
ON THEIR GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC OPINION. HAVE THE TRIALS
OF THE CAPTAIN AND CREW OF THE HUEY FONG STARTED YET IN
HONG KONG ? IF SO, CAN WE ENSURE
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