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AGENTS TO REMOVE VU BUT WE HAVE NO POWER TO INSIST ON HIS REMOVAL ON
BOARD THE NORTHLAND. WE ANTICIPATED THAT THE AGENTS WOULD CONTACT
THE UNHCR WHO HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS TO INTERVENE. WE THEREFORE MADE IT
CLEAR THAT THE UNHCR COULD SEE VU ONLY AS A STOWAWAY AND ONLY TO
HELP THE AGENTS EFFECT HIS DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG. THE UNHCR AND
THE AGENTS INTERVIEWED VU LAST NIGHT.
5. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNHCR HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE
AMERICANS AND SWEDES. THE AMERICANS RESENT THE FACT THAT THE UNHCR
NS PASSING VU OFF AS A SHIP RESCUE CASE. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM. WE SUSPECT THAT THE SWEDES WILL BE
MORE AMENABLE. WE DO NOT (NOT) INTEND TO MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT
EITHER FOR THE UNHCR OR FOR VU. BUT WE WILL INSIST THAT WHILE HE
MS ***N HONG KONG, VU S TREATED AS A STOWAWAY, NOT (NOT) AS A REFUGEE.
6. IF THE UNHCR MANAGES TO ARRANGE HIS DEPARTURE THEN VU WILL BE
TRANSPORTED FROM THE NORTHLAND DIRECTLY TO THE AIRPORT. HE WILL NOT
(NOT) BE ALLOWED TO LAND IN HONG KONG.
7. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU AND THE UNHCR WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR
THAT VU THEN CUONG 4S A STOWAWAY. HE IS NOT (NOT) A REFUGEE. NOR
ARE WE TREATING HIM AS A SHIP RESCUE CASE. WE DO NOT (NOT)
CONSIDER HIM TO BE A DISEPO OR RASRO CASE, ALTHOUGH FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES UNHCR MAY BE ATTEMPTING TO PASS HIM OFF AS SUCH. WE FIND THIS MISREPRESENTATION DEPLORABLE, BUT WE DO NOT HINTEND TO
RAISE DIFFICULTIES. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD KEEP US CLOSELY INFORMED
OF DEVELOPMENTS.
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