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HONG KONG. THE ONLY NUANCES HE ADDED WERE THAT A FOURTH CATEGORY
OF MALAYSIANS WAS BEING CONTEMPLATED IN ADDITION TO THOSE FROM
THAILAND, HONG KONG, AND MANILA, AND THAT THOSE IN THE PHILLIPINES, MANY OF WHOM ARRIVED 3 YEARS AGO, WERE SUSPECTED OF BEING HEAVILY INFILTRATED BY THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES, WITH THE RESULT THAT THE SELECTION PROCESS MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME. HE THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT
AFFECT THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY TAKEN FROM HONG KONG, THOUGH HE CORRECTLY PREDICTED THAT THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES WOULD MAKE NO
REFERENCE TO THIS WHEN SPEAKING TO US.
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GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PRESERVE THE CONDIFENCE OF PRIM, WHOSE
POSITION ON THE SPANISH INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE COULD BE PRE-
JUDICED IF HIS INFORMATION WAS QUOTED BACK TO PEREZ DEL ARCO.
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