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FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 464
OF 080405Z DECCEMBER
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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 293: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
1. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM MY TELNOS 460 AND 461
THAT I HAVE ALREADY PUT A TEXT TO THE VIETNAMESE.
(947
045476
MDHIAN 4790
TOP COPY Q D
2. I AM QUITE HAPPY TO OFFER THE AMENDMENTS IN YOUR TUR BUT WONDER IF WE SHOULD. DO THEY NOT ACCORD MORE FORMALITY AND IMPORTANCE TO THE DOCUMENT THAN WE WOULD WISH? I WOULD EXPECT THE VIETNAMESE TO JUMP AT THEM. I WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON YOUR TUR UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THAT IT IS NECESSARY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT I KEEP THE AMENDMENTS IN RESERVE AND GIVE THEM TO THE VIETNAMESE ONLY IF NECESSARY AND PERHAPS IN EXCHANGE FOR SOMETHING WE WANT.
DAVIES
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ΜΑΙΝ
91
DISTRIBUTION
96
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
ECD (E)
FED
PUSD
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
ADDITIONAL
5
MR J MACHIN DIS/U ODA 2 COPIES
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
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