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OF INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND IS THUS UNLIKELY TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE VIETNAMESE WITHOUT A QUID PRO QUO OF SOME KIND. THIS IS MOST LIKELY TO TAKE THE FORM OF A DEMAND FOR AN EXPLICIT REFERENCE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE IN THE FINAL PARAGRAPH OF THE PRESS STATEMENT. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION ON DESKBY 04040OZ THAT INCLUSION OF THE PHRASE IN SQUARE BRACKETS IN THE ABOVE DRAFT WOULD BE AN ACCEPTABLE PRICE TO PAY FOR AGREEMENT TO THE PRESS STATEMENT AS A WHOLE.
4. I APOLOGISE FDR THE VERY SHORT NOTICE. I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED. BUT I BELIEVE A TRADE-OFF ON THESE LINES, WITHOUT ANY COMMITMENT ON OUR PART, WOULD BE WELL WORTH WHILE TO AVOID A BLAND STATEMENT WHICH COULD GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF ASO BREAKDOWN.
PARTRIDGE
FCO PSE PASS TO HONG KONG
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
126
ΜΑΙΝ
123
.VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK
SPD
LIMITED
FED
HKD
NEWS
SEAD
PS
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
WED
SED
PUSD
ECD (I)
ECD (E)
ADDITIONAL
3
MRS WYETH ODA
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
NNNN
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
HKGO LONDON
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