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TELEGRAM NUMBER 338 OF 27 JUNE
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, HANOT, BANGKOK
YOUR TELNOS 216 AND 217 (NOT TO BANGKOK)
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
IN HONG KONG
1. MR HAYDEN AND HIS PARTY LEFT AUSTRALIA ON 26 JUNE FOR BANGKOK WHERE HE IS ATTENDING THE ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING. HE LEAVES BANGKOK FOR HANOI ON 29 JUNE. WHILE WE COULD MAKE THE POINTS IN YOUR TELNO 217 AT SENIOR OFFICIAL LEVEL HERE AND ASK THAT THEY BE TELEGRAPHED BY THE AUSTRALIANS TO THEIR MISSION IN BANGKOK FOR MR HAYDEN'S INFORMATION, AS SEEN FROM HERE IT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR BANGKOK TO BRIEF SENIOR OFFICIALS IN MR HAYDEN'S PARTY DIRECTLY.
2. THE MOST SENIOR OFFICIALS WITH MR HAYDEN IN BANGKOK ARE ALF PARSONS, DUS EQUIVALENT, DFA AND D J NUTTER, HEAD OF SOUTH EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC DIVISION, DFA (AUS EQUIVALENT).
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