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GRS 204 CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAR
FM HANOI 0605512 MAY 85
TU IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 032 OF 06 MAY
PRIORITY INFO:FCO
Walker.
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pa 243/5-.
ROUTINE INFO: HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA,
HKGO GENEVA (CARTLAND) HKGO BRUSSELS (JONES), HKGO NEW YORK (DORWARD)
HKGO WASHINGTON (LO).
OUR TELNO 31: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. PRESS AND INFORMATION DEPT OF MFA HAVE NOW TOLD US THAT
STATEMENT WAS MADE BY LE DUC THO DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH KCBS
AN AMERICAN NEWS AGENCY, ON 14 APRIL.MFA CONFIRMED THAT,
INPRINCIPLE, VIETNAM WOULD ALLOW THE RETURN OF ALL VIETNAMESE
WHO HAD LEFT LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY (WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF WAR CRIMINALS).
2. FCO PLEASE APASS ALL ADRESSEES.
WOOD
HKK 243/5
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 07 MAY 1985
DESK OFFICEN
INDEX
REGISTRY
PA
Action Taken
BOAT PEOPLE
LIMITED
SEAD
HKD
UND
FED
NEWS D MAED PS
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
MR GOODALL
MR O'NEILL
MR WILSON
SIR W HARDING
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
COPIES TO
HKGO LONDON
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