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HONG KONG TELNO 482: VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION
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IN VIEW OF PREVIOUS VIETNAMESE ASSURANCES TO US ABOUT THEIR WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, WE ARE INCLINED TO REGARD THEIR RESPONSE TO THE APPLICATIONS IN TUR AS A MAJOR TEST OF THEIR GOODWILL.
2. CASE NUMBERS TWO TO FIVE IN PARTICULAR APPEAR GOOD PRIMA FACIE EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE SPEEDILY REPATRIATED, WHILE EVEN THE VIETNAMESE BUREAUCRACY SHOULD NOT REQUIRE THREE YEARS TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION (CASE ONE).
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3. GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF AFTER FIRST CONFIRMING THAT UNHCR OFFICE IN HANOI DO NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS, YOU TAKE THESE CASES UP WITH CONSULAR DEPARTMENT AND URGE THE AUTHORITIES TO GIVE THEM
SPEEDY CONSIDERATION.
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IS THERE ANY REASON WHY KIDNAPPED FISHERMEN CANNOT BE PROCESSED IN THE SAME WAY AS THE VIETNAMESE TREAT HONG KONG FISHERMEN WHO ARE DETAINED IN VIETNAMESE TERRITORIAL WATERS, MOST OF WHOM APPEAR TO BE RELEASED QUITE QUICKLY?
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