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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1070 OF 27 JULY
INFO UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, MANILA, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
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INFO SAVING HANO
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MY TELNO 1060 (NOT REPEATED MANILA): VIETNAM REFUGEE MERCY SHIPS.
1. GENERAL ROMULO LUNCHED WITH ME TODAY, AND MADE EXACTLY THE SAME POINTS AS IN MY TUR, AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO ISSUE INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS MISSIONS ABROAD AS IN MY PARA 4.
2. AS MR BLAKER WILL REMEMBER, GAZALI AGREED WITH THIS LINE AT THE AIRPORT IN GENEVA.
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3. OBVIOUSLY THIS EMOTIVE ISSUE NEEDS CAREFUL HANDLING BUT ASEAN COUNTRIES MIGHT BE WILLING TO MAKE SOME OF THE RUNNING.
5. FOR MANILA. COPY OF TUR FOLLOWS BY BAG.
FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING HANOI.
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MR MURRAY
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