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131506 MDHIAN 3572
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FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 371
OF 18023OZ JULY 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
VBP: REPATRIATION
1.
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YESTERDAY I SPOKE TO LOCAL AFP REPRESENTATIVE. HE SAID THAT SOURCES OF HIS HAD TOLD HIM THAT AN AIRCRAFT WAS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE HONG KONG WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS CARRYING NON- VOLUNTEERS. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ONLY IMPEDIMENT TO FINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE VIETNAMESE WAS MONEY AND THAT THE PRICE PER HEAD WAS ABOUT 500 DOLLARS.
2. HE FURTHER TOLD ME THAT HE HAD TRAVELLED ON THE SAME FLIGHT
AS NGUYEN CO THACH BACK FROM PARIS AFTER THE LATTER'S RECENT TRIP TO EUROPE. ALSO HE WILL NO DOUBT HAVE SPOKEN TO THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR AFTER OUR RECENT MEETING WITH THACH COUR 354 OF 12 JULY REFERS). HE HAS A REPUTATION FOR HAVING REASONABLY GOOD LOCAL SOURCES.
3.
FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH HE CLAIMED THAT THACH HAD SAID THAT HE HAD HAD A GOOD TRIP TO FRANCE SWEDEN AND AUSTRIA BUT HAD BEEN LESS HAPPY WITH HIS TRIP TO THE UK.
4.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I OFFERED LITTLE COMMENT.
PARTRIDGE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
110
DISTRIBUTION
116
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
FINANCE D
RMD
PS
PS/MRS CHALKER
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