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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2436
OF 201115Z JULY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION: THIRD BATCH
1. A TEAM OF FOUR VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS ARRIVED HERE LATE LAST NIGHT (19 JULY) TO INTERVIEW VOLUNTEERS AND TO ISSUE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS THEY HAVE STARTED WORK THIS MORNING IN LO WU CAMP.
2. MR. DANG VAN ANH, LEADER OF THE TEAM, TOLD US THAT THEY HAD COME WITH NAMES OF ABOUT 140 PERSONS WHO HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR RETURN. HOWEVER, LOCAL UNHCR OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THAT AS ON THE LAST OCCASION, THE TEAM WOULD BE FLEXIBLE AND AGREE TO INTERVIEW VOLUNTEE- RS WHOSE APPLICATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED BUT NOT YET APPROVED. THE RETURN OF THESE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WOULD OF COURSE BE SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION FROM THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNEMENT LATER ON.
3. THE TEAM EXPECTS TO STAY HERE UNTIL 26 JULY WHEN THEY WILL RETURN TO HANOI.
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