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FM BANGKOK Ø60910Z JUL 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TEL NO 437..OF 6 JULY
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INFO HANOI HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS NEW YORK, SHINGTON
KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA, MANILA, TOKYO, SINGAPORE.
FOLLOWING FROM MARGETSON IN BANGKOK
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
INDIAN AMBASSADOR IN HANOI (PLEASE PROTECT) TOLD ME TODAY THAT THE VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER, PHAM VAN DONG, HAD ISSUED ORDERS ON 22 JUNE THAT THE REFUGEE EXODUS SHOULD STOP IMMEDIATELY. INDIAN AMBASSADOR HAD BEEN TOLD THIS RECENTLY IN STRICT CONFIDENCE BY A VERY SENIOR PARTY OFFICIAL.
2. THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT LIEU (DEPUTY HEAD OF EUROPE II DEPARTMENT) SAID TO ME YESTERDAY. IF TRUE, IT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN A SEVERE DROP IN NUMBERS OF REFUGEES ARRIVING IN HONG KONG AND
ELSEWHERE IN A WEEK OR TWO.
TRIPP
REF
REPETITION TO HANOI
REFERRED FOR DEPARTMENTAL
DECISION REPEATED AS REQU ESISO TO OMER. POSTS
FILES SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
EESD
NAM D
PUSD
OID
M & VD
PS
PS/LPS
PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI KR MURRAY
ADDITIONAL DISTN
BOAT PEOPLE
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