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IETMANESE REFUGEES
ونساء
Mike Reilly day
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today 1/3
a tel on tus
WE HAVE NOT HEARD LOCALLY THAT THE PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES 'WOULD WELCOME SOMEONE FROM HONG KONG VISITING MANILA TO DISCUSS THE VIETMANESE REFUGEE ISSUE. FILIPINO DIPLOMATS TEND TO SAY POLITE THINGS LIKE THIS WHEN VISITS ARE PROPOSED I DOUBT WHETHER MUCH WOULD BE ACHIEVED BY A VISIT, THOUGH THERE IS NO HARM IN EXCHANGING VIEWS.
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THERE IS NO CENTRAL COORDINATION FOR REFUGEE AFFAIRS HER (AS THE US EMBASSY KNOW TO THEIR COST) AND THIS EMBASSY WILL DOUBTLESS HAVE TO ARRANGE THE PROGRAMME. BOAT PEOPLE ARE ACCOMMODATED IN A CAMP IN PALAWAN ISLAND AND THE POLICY IS TO GET THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE MOSTLY VIA THE AMERICAN PROCESSING CAMP IN BATAAN.
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IF FRENCH COMES WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRIEF HIM AND ENTERTAIN HIM. ASSUMING THE IDEA IS APPROVED IN LONDON WE RECOMMEND THAT HONG KONG SHOULD EXPLAIN THE BACKGROUND TO DFA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SEVERINO WHO WILL BE VISITING CONSUL-GENERAL REYES ON ABOUT 3 MARCH.
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