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TELEGRAM NUMBER 217 OF 4 MARCH
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON
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AS HEYWOOD'S TELELETTER TO CLIFT CR 2/4821/75 OF 11 FEBRUARY MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN URGING THE AMERICANS HERE, EVER SINCE THE
CHANGE IN 4E POLICY LAST AUTUMN, TO PUBLICIZE IT
ON THE GROUNDS THAT A DETTERRENT HAS TO BE MADE KNOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE. THIS WAS NOT HOWEVER THE SORT OF FORMAL DEMARCHE WHICH THE AMERICAN INQUIRY YOU REPORT WOULD SEEM TO REFLECT.
2. THE US CONSUL-GENERAL HERE HAS ALSO PRESSED WASHINGTON ON THE SAME LINES, BUT WE UNDERSTOOD HE HAD RECEIVED A NEGATIVE REPLY. THE INQUIRY TO YOU IS THEREFORE MOST ENCOURAGING, IF IT SHOWS THAT AMERICAN MINDS ARE STILL OPEN. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD REINFORCE
OUR ARGUMENT THAT THE 4E EXCLUSION CANNOT TAKE MUCH EFFECT (AT LEAST WITHOUT CAUSING CONSIDERABLE INDIGESTION IN THE FIRST ASYLUM COUNTRIES) UNLESS PEOPLE IN VIETNAM KNOW ABOUT IT.
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