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TELEGRAM NUMBER 603 OF 3 MAY 1993
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
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FURTHER TO MY TELNO 584 OF 29 APRIL, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF SAIGON ON 39 APRIL PASSED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN-CLOSED OR OPEN CENTRES, ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE IN MOST CAMPS WAS TENSE. THERE ARE FURTHER SENSITIVE DATES (THE COMMUNIST PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT TOOK OVER THE SOUTH ON 13 MAY 1975, AND VIETNAM WAS REUNIFIED ON 2 JULY 1976) BUT PROMPT ACTION BY CSD HAS JUST FORESTALLED
A FLARE-UP THIS TIME.
YOUDE
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