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FM HANOI 200549Z MAY 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 037 OF 20 MAY
PRIORITY INFO: FCO,UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICES LONDON, GENEVA (CARTLAND), BRUSSELS (JONES), NEW YORK (DOWAARDS), WSHINGTON (LO).
OUR TELNO 35: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1.
PLEASE AMEND PARA 5 TO READ:
NIELSON, UNHCR STAFF MEMBER HAS TOLD US PRIVATELY THAT VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER CO THACH, SPOKE TO AUTRALIAN IMMIGRATION MINISTER STEWART WEST WHEN THEY MET LAST YEAR ABOUT REPATRIATION.CO THACH APPARENTLY TOLD WEST THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO ENCOURAGE LARGE SCALE REPATRIATION. HE WOULD ONLY BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS INDIVIDUAL CASES,ESPECIALLY CONCERNING THE YOUNG AND THE OLD. AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY TELL US THIS WAS REITERATED WHEN IMMIGRATION MINISTER C.J. HURFORD VISITED HERE EARLIER THIS MONTH.
ERRORS REGRETTED.
2.
3.
FCO PLEASE PAS IMMEDIATE HONG KONG AND ALL ADDRESSEES.
WOOD
BOAT PEOPLE
LIMITED
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
SEAD
PS/LADY YOUNG
BOAT PEOPLE
HKD
PS/MR LUCE
UND
PS/PUS
FED
MR GOODALL
NEWS D MAED PS
MR O'NEILL
MR WILSON
SIR W HARDING
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