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FM WASHINGTON
TO TELELETTER FC
TELELETTER FILE REF
OF 192OOOZ DECEMBER 85
AND TO TELELETTER HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, NEW YORK
FROM CNR PRENTICE, WASHINGTON
ΤΟ C G LEEKS ESQ, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO
HONG KONG (FOR WOODHOUSE)
UKMIS GENEVA
CONSULATE-GENERAL, NEW YORK (FOR DORWARD)
FCO TELNO 1979: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: US POLICY 1. THANK YOU FOR THE AMMUNITION IN TUR. IN HECKLINGER'S ABSENCE, WE FIRED IT AT HER DEPUTY ON 18 DECEMBER.
2.
BEAN SAID STATE HAD RECEIVED A SIMILAR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FROM THEIR COORDINATOR OF REFUGEES IN HONG KONG. THEY TOOK YOUR POINTS, AND UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE WE ATTACHED TO AN EARLY US GESTURE, WHICH MIGHT HAVE A MULTIPLIER EFFECT. HE WOULD REPORT OUR FURTHER APPROACH.
3. SIR WILLIAM HARDING ALSO RAISED THE WITH DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY LILLEY.
SIGNED CNR PRENTICE
ISSUE ON 13 DECEMBER
WE WILL KEEP FIRING.
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