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NO FURTHER ARGUMENT. HOWEVER, INTERNALLY THE 26 JUNE DOCUMENT IS CALLED AN AGREEMENT (SEE LAST SENTENCE) AND THE DISTINCTION
IN THE VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE IS FAIRLY HARD TO DEFINE. NEED WE
WORRY ABOUT IT TOO MUCH?
THE OMMISSION OF THE WORDS ''GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE NAME OF OUR COUNTRY WAS OF COURSE AN ERROR ON MY PART IN TRANSLATION FROM THE VIETNAMESE. IT HAS EASILY BEEN RECTIFIED EXCLAMATION
7. I DO NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT I MIGHT YET BE PRESENTED WITH A TOTALLY NEW TEXT BY THE VIETNAMESE SIDE WHICH I WILL OF COURSE REFER. BUT, GIVEN THAT WE CAN AGREE ON THE PRESSING ISSUE I.E. THE MONEY, I SUGGEST THAT YOU GIVE ME DISCRETION TO QUICKLY AGREE A TEXT BASED ON THE ABOVE SO THAT WE CAN GET A BATCH OF RETURNEES INTO VIETNAM NEXT WEEK.
PARTRIDGE
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
115
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
MAIN
109
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
RMD
PS
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
NAD
NEWS
INFO D
FINANCE D
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
ADDITIONAL
6
MR MACHIN ODA 2 COPIES
HKGO LONDON
3
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MR G-HARRISON ODA
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
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