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that pressure
to abandon
first
asylum will
mount.
that these are outweighed by the danger of
But they judge
rying to proceed to
The
They
quickly with the repatriation exercise and failing. consequences of that for Hong Kong would be very serious. have no intention of amending the policy in any way. But they feel that we need more time
to complete the preparations if WE
are to ensure its success.
10.
We
are telegraphing separate instructions to Hanoi on the Line to take with the Vietnamese.
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