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FM WASHINGTON 172155Z JUL 79
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO 20 OF 17 JULY
AND TO F C 0.
HONG KONG TELNO 996 TO THE FCO: AND HONG KONG TELNO 21 TO WASHINGTON
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. NEITHER WE NOR THE AMERICANS HAVE RECEIVED THE PAPERS REFERRED
TO IN TURS, BUT WE INTERPRET PARAGRAPH 2 OF FIRST TUR AS APPROVAL FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO PROCEED WITH THEIR ''MITE PAPER ** AND IN VIEW OF THEIR DEADLINE OF 17 JULY, WE HAVE SPOKEN
TO THE AMERICANS ACCORDINGLY,
HENDERSON
FILES SEAD
HK & GD
UND
NEWS D M & VD PS PS/LPS
MR FERGUSSON
MR FRETWELL
ADDITIONAL DISTN
BOAT PEOPLE
FED
EESD
N AM D
SAD
EID
PUSD OID
IPD
PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF ·
SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR BULLARD
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